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Modern manhood and the Boy Scouts of America : citizenship, race, and the environment, 1910-1930 /

"In this illuminating look at gender and scouting in the United States, Benjamin René Jordan examines how in its founding and early rise, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) integrated traditional Victorian manhood with modern, corporate-industrial values and skills. While showing how the BSA Amer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jordan, Benjamin René (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In this illuminating look at gender and scouting in the United States, Benjamin René Jordan examines how in its founding and early rise, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) integrated traditional Victorian manhood with modern, corporate-industrial values and skills. While showing how the BSA Americanized the original British Scouting program, Jordan finds that the organization's community-based activities signaled a shift in men's social norms, away from rugged agricultural individualism or martial primitivism and toward productive employment in offices and factories, stressing scientific cooperation and a pragmatic approach to the responsibilities of citizenship"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469627670
1469627671
9781469627663
1469627663