Looking Wide? Imperialism, Internationalism, and the Boy Scout Movement, 1918-1939

dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-31T15:02:48Z
dc.date.available2012-08-31T15:02:48Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-31T15:02:48Z
dc.date.submitted2012
dc.description.abstractThe Boy Scout Movement is one of the most influential youth movements of the twentieth century. Begun in the context of Edwardian imperialism as a foil to fears of racial decline, the movement’s militarism became a liability following the First World War, when Scouting’s widespread, trans-national popularity forced it to enter the political sphere that dominates international relations. Based on extensive archival research in both the United Kingdom and Canada, this thesis traces the evolution of the Scout Movement from a British imperial institution into an international brotherhood in the 1920s and 1930s. It reveals a tense relationship between the worldwide membership and the central administration of the movement. Despite efforts by founder Robert Baden-Powell to create an image of unity, Scouting proved ungovernable from a single ideological source, and local conditions dictated the form that it took in each domestic situation. Scouting therefore both deeply influenced, and was influenced by, the cultures and communities into which it was transplanted.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/6955
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjecthistoryen
dc.subjectbritainen
dc.subjectyouthen
dc.subjectimperialismen
dc.subjectinternationalismen
dc.subjectmigrationen
dc.subjectinterwaren
dc.subjectleague of nationsen
dc.subject.programHistoryen
dc.titleLooking Wide? Imperialism, Internationalism, and the Boy Scout Movement, 1918-1939en
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentHistoryen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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