Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
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| Management number | 233558316 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $7.77 | Model Number | 233558316 | ||
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"A scout must always be prepared at any moment to do his duty, and to face danger in order to help his fellow-men."A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth, of borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement. One of the all-time bestsellers in the English-speaking world, this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and Baden-Powell's own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, and invasion paranoia. Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0198799993 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0198799993 |
| Edition | Reissue |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Dimensions | 8.7 x 1.5 x 5.5 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Print length | 448 pages |
| Publication date | December 1, 2018 |
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