Race, Resistance, and the Boy Scout Movement in British Colonial Africa: In British Colonial Africa

by Timothy H. Parsons

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821415964
• ISBN13: 9780821415962
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.9"