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Languages : en
Pages : 287
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The Boy Makes the Man Or Stories of the Boyhood and the Manhood of Famous Men ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 287
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The Boy Makes the Man Or, Stories of the Boyhood and the Manhood of Famous Men, &c. &c
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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The Boy Makes the Man, Or, Stories of the Boyhood and the Manhood of Famous Men &c. &c
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Category : Men
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Category : Men
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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The Boy Makes the Man; Or, Stories of the Boyhood and the Manhood of Famous Men, Etc
Author: BOY.
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Pages : 287
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Pages : 287
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Sons of the Empire
Author: Robert Macdonald
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442613130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonald explores popular ideas and myths in Edwardian Britain, their use by Baden-Powell, and their influence on the Boy Scout movement. In particular, he analyses the model of masculinity provided by the imperial frontier, the view that life in younger, far-flung parts of the empire was stronger, less degenerate than in Britain. The stereotypical adventurer - the frontiersman - provided an alternative ethic to British society. The best known example of it at the time was Baden-Powell himself, a war scout, the Hero of Mafeking in the South African war, and one of the first cult heroes to be created by the modern media. When Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908, he used both the power of the frontier myth and his own legend as a hero to galvanize the movement. The glamour of war scouting was hard to resist, its adventures a seductive invitation to the first recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship. MacDonald documents his study with a wide range of contemporary sources, from newspapers to military memoirs. Exploring the genesis of an imperial institution through its own texts, he brings new insight into the Edwardian age.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442613130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonald explores popular ideas and myths in Edwardian Britain, their use by Baden-Powell, and their influence on the Boy Scout movement. In particular, he analyses the model of masculinity provided by the imperial frontier, the view that life in younger, far-flung parts of the empire was stronger, less degenerate than in Britain. The stereotypical adventurer - the frontiersman - provided an alternative ethic to British society. The best known example of it at the time was Baden-Powell himself, a war scout, the Hero of Mafeking in the South African war, and one of the first cult heroes to be created by the modern media. When Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908, he used both the power of the frontier myth and his own legend as a hero to galvanize the movement. The glamour of war scouting was hard to resist, its adventures a seductive invitation to the first recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship. MacDonald documents his study with a wide range of contemporary sources, from newspapers to military memoirs. Exploring the genesis of an imperial institution through its own texts, he brings new insight into the Edwardian age.
The Boy Makes the Man
Author: William Henry Davenport Adams
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Category : Ability
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Category : Ability
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Boys Who Became Famous Men
Author: Harriet Pearl Skinner
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
"Boys Who Became Famous Men: Stories of the Childhood of Poets, Artists, and Musicians" by Harriet Pearl Skinner looks at the lives of famous men who shaped society. Grotto, Bach, Byron, Gainsborough, Handel, Coleridge, Canova, and Chopin all have their early lives honored in this little book. Lovers of history and the arts can thus learn about and show their respect for these important men of art, music, and more.
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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"Boys Who Became Famous Men: Stories of the Childhood of Poets, Artists, and Musicians" by Harriet Pearl Skinner looks at the lives of famous men who shaped society. Grotto, Bach, Byron, Gainsborough, Handel, Coleridge, Canova, and Chopin all have their early lives honored in this little book. Lovers of history and the arts can thus learn about and show their respect for these important men of art, music, and more.
The Journal of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The language of empire
Author: Robert Macdonald
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526123711
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The debate about the Empire dealt in idealism and morality, and both sides employed the language of feeling, and frequently argued their case in dramatic terms. This book opposes two sides of the Empire, first, as it was presented to the public in Britain, and second, as it was experienced or imagined by its subjects abroad. British imperialism was nurtured by such upper middle-class institutions as the public schools, the wardrooms and officers' messes, and the conservative press. The attitudes of 1916 can best be recovered through a reconstruction of a poetics of popular imperialism. The case-study of Rhodesia demonstrates the almost instant application of myth and sign to a contemporary imperial crisis. Rudyard Kipling was acknowledged throughout the English-speaking world not only as a wonderful teller of stories but as the 'singer of Greater Britain', or, as 'the Laureate of Empire'. In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Empire gained a beachhead in the classroom, particularly in the coupling of geography and history. The Island Story underlined that stories of heroic soldiers and 'fights for the flag' were easier for teachers to present to children than lessons in morality, or abstractions about liberty and responsible government. The Education Act of 1870 had created a need for standard readers in schools; readers designed to teach boys and girls to be useful citizens. The Indian Mutiny was the supreme test of the imperial conscience, a measure of the morality of the 'master-nation'.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526123711
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The debate about the Empire dealt in idealism and morality, and both sides employed the language of feeling, and frequently argued their case in dramatic terms. This book opposes two sides of the Empire, first, as it was presented to the public in Britain, and second, as it was experienced or imagined by its subjects abroad. British imperialism was nurtured by such upper middle-class institutions as the public schools, the wardrooms and officers' messes, and the conservative press. The attitudes of 1916 can best be recovered through a reconstruction of a poetics of popular imperialism. The case-study of Rhodesia demonstrates the almost instant application of myth and sign to a contemporary imperial crisis. Rudyard Kipling was acknowledged throughout the English-speaking world not only as a wonderful teller of stories but as the 'singer of Greater Britain', or, as 'the Laureate of Empire'. In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Empire gained a beachhead in the classroom, particularly in the coupling of geography and history. The Island Story underlined that stories of heroic soldiers and 'fights for the flag' were easier for teachers to present to children than lessons in morality, or abstractions about liberty and responsible government. The Education Act of 1870 had created a need for standard readers in schools; readers designed to teach boys and girls to be useful citizens. The Indian Mutiny was the supreme test of the imperial conscience, a measure of the morality of the 'master-nation'.
Boyhood Stories of Famous Men
Author: Katherine Dunlap Cather
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Titian, Chopin, Andre del Sarto, Thorwaldsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Murillo, Stradivarius, Guido Reni, Claude Lorraine, Tintoretto & Rosa Bonheur, "Tomboy of Bordeaux"
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Titian, Chopin, Andre del Sarto, Thorwaldsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Murillo, Stradivarius, Guido Reni, Claude Lorraine, Tintoretto & Rosa Bonheur, "Tomboy of Bordeaux"