Race, resistance, and the Boy Scout movement in British Colonial Africa

Race, resistance, and the Boy Scout movement in British Colonial Africa / Timothy H. Parsons.

Conceived by General Sir Robert Baden-Powell as a way to reduce class tensions in Edwardian Britain, scouting evolved into an international youth movement. It offered a vision of romantic outdoor life as a cure for disruption caused by industrialization and urbanization. Scouting''s global...

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Main Author: Parsons, Timothy, 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Scouts and scouting > Great Britain > Colonies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > General.
British colonies
Colonies > Administration
Race relations
Kolonie
Pfadfinder
Scouting.
Koloniale periode.
Burgerrechten.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Administration.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Race relations > History.
Africa
Großbritannien
Gro€britannien.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Conceived by General Sir Robert Baden-Powell as a way to reduce class tensions in Edwardian Britain, scouting evolved into an international youth movement. It offered a vision of romantic outdoor life as a cure for disruption caused by industrialization and urbanization. Scouting''s global spread was due to its success in attaching itself to institutions of authority. As a result, scouting has become embroiled in controversies in the civil rights struggle in the American South, in nationalist resistance movements in India, and in the contemporary American debate over gay rights.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index.
ISBN:9780821441459
0821441450
0821415956
9780821415955
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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