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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Honeck, Mischa, 1976- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	The United States in the world
Subject:	Boy Scouts of America -- History. Boy Scouts of America. Scouting (Youth activity) -- Political aspects -- United States. Imperialism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. Imperialism -- Social aspects. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12483319

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ISBN:	9781501716195 1501716190 9781501716201 1501716204 9781501716188 1501716182 9781501716188
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Summary:	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 ...
Other form:	Print version: Honeck, Mischa, 1976- Our frontier is the world. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501716188

Table of Contents:

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.