{"product_id":"scouting-for-boys-a-handbook-for-instruction-in-good-citizenship-hardcover","title":"Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Baden-Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElleke Boehmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A scout must always be prepared at any moment to do his duty, and to face danger in order to help his fellow-men.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth, of borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, Robert Baden-Powell's \u003cem\u003eScouting for Boys\u003c\/em\u003e (1908) is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement. One of the all-time bestsellers in the English-speaking world, this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and Baden-Powell's own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, and invasion paranoia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElleke Boehmer's edition of \u003cem\u003eScouting for Boys\u003c\/em\u003e reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Elleke Boehmer, \u003c\/strong\u003e Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Life Writing Centre at Wolfson College. A founding figure in the field of colonial and postcolonial literary studies, she is the author, editor, or co-editor of over twenty books, including monographs and novels. Her monographs include \u003cem\u003eColonial and Postcolonial Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (1995\/2005), \u003cem\u003eStories of Women\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eIndian Arrivals\u003c\/em\u003e (winner ESSE 2015-16 prize), and \u003cem\u003ePostcolonial Poetics\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). Her novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Shouting in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e (long-listed Sunday Times prize, 2015), and \u003cem\u003eScreens again the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e (short-listed David Higham Prize 1990). \u003cem\u003eSharmilla and other Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e is her 2010 volume of short stories. She is the General Editor of the Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45430433972326,"sku":"9780198799993","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/KIZ0soQVDQ9780198799993.webp?v=1775742617","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/scouting-for-boys-a-handbook-for-instruction-in-good-citizenship-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}