Mischa Honeck

Our Frontier Is the World

The Boy Scouts in the Age of American Ascendancy

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Produktbeschreibung

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 core values of the organization have, since its founding in 1910, shaped what it means to be an...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9781501716188
• ISBN-10: 1501716182
• Artikelnr.: 50022662

Autorenporträt

Mischa Honeck is Senior Lecturer in History at Humboldt University of Berlin. He is the author of We Are the Revolutionists: German-Speaking Immigrants and American Abolitionists after 1848 and coeditor of War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: The White Boy's Burden
1. Brothers Together: Men, Boys, and the Rejuvenation of Empire
2. From Africa to Antarctica: Expeditions to the Global Frontier
3. A Junior League of Nations: Campfire Diplomacy at the World Jamborees
4. A Brother to All? Scouting and the Problem of Race
5. Youth Marches: Depression, Dictators, and War
6. Are You a Crusader? Raising Cold Warriors
7. Innocents Abroad: Scouting across the U.S. Military Empire
Epilogue: The Woes of Aging
Appendix: Questionnaire
Notes
Bibliography
Index