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Our frontier is the world : the Boy Scouts in the age of American ascendancy /

Mischa Honeck's Our Frontier Is the World is a provocative account of how the Boy Scouts echoed and enabled American global expansion in the twentieth century. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has long been a standard bearer for national identity. The ...

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Honeck, Mischa, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:United States in the world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the white boy's burden
  • Brothers together : men, boys, and the rejuvenation of empire
  • From Antarctica to Africa : expeditions to the global frontier
  • A junior League of Nations : campfire diplomacy at the world jamborees
  • A brother to all? : scouting and the problem of race
  • Youth marches : depression, dictators, and war
  • Are you a crusader? : raising cold warriors
  • Innocents abroad : scouting across the U.S. military empire
  • Epilogue : the woes of aging.