Author: Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 198
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"Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns" by Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Lord Baden-Powell Of Gillwell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell, was a British Army officer, writer, founder, and first Chief Scout of the worldwide Scout Movement. In this book, he elaborates on the beginning principles of the scout movement, including the honor and loyalty needed to truly take part.
Author: Robert Baden-Powell Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3387056117 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 321
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 186
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'How Girls Can Help Their Country' is a classic guidebook for Girl Scouts, written in the early 20th century by Agnes Baden-Powell, Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell, and Juliette Gordon Low. Although some of the language may be outdated, the book is still relevant for modern Girl Scouts. Divided into six parts, it covers everything from the history of scouting to first aid and patriotism. With practical advice on self-improvement, camping, gardening, and more, this book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to make a positive impact on her community and her country.
Author: Allen J. Frantzen Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226260852 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
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In the popular imagination, World War I stands for the horror of all wars. The unprecedented scale of the war and the mechanized weaponry it introduced to battle brought an abrupt end to the romantic idea that soldiers were somehow knights in shining armor who always vanquished their foes and saved the day. Yet the concept of chivalry still played a crucial role in how soldiers saw themselves in the conflict. Here for the first time, Allen J. Frantzen traces these chivalric ideals from the Great War back to their origins in the Middle Ages and shows how they resulted in highly influential models of behavior for men in combat. Drawing on a wide selection of literature and images from the medieval period, along with photographs, memorials, postcards, war posters, and film from both sides of the front, Frantzen shows how such media shaped a chivalric ideal of male sacrifice based on the Passion of Jesus Christ. He demonstrates, for instance, how the wounded body of Christ became the inspiration for heroic male suffering in battle. For some men, the Crucifixion inspired a culture of revenge, one in which Christ's bleeding wounds were venerated as badges of valor and honor. For others, Christ's sacrifice inspired action more in line with his teachings—a daring stay of hands or reason not to visit death upon one's enemies. Lavishly illustrated and eloquently written, Bloody Good will be must reading for anyone interested in World War I and the influence of Christian ideas on modern life.
Author: Catherine Bannister Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031103599 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 207
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This book explores the prevailing role of rites of passage, ritual, and ceremony in contemporary children’s lives through the lens of modern-day incarnations of uniformed youth movements. It focuses on the socialising ritual and customary practices of present-day grass-roots Scout and Guide groups, asking how Britain’s largest and best-known uniformed youth organisations employ ritualised activities to express their values to their young members through language and gesture, story and song, dress, and physical artifacts. The author shows that these practices exist against a backdrop of culturally-constructed beliefs about what constitutes the ‘good child’ and ‘good childhood’ in twenty-first century Britain, with in-movement practices intended to help children develop positively and prepare for social life. The book draws on case study accounts of group performances, incorporating the voices of children and adults reflecting on their practices and experiences.
Author: Lynne Vallone Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300231717 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference—particularly unusual bodies, big and small—as an overlooked yet crucial marker that informs human identity and culture. Exploring miniaturism, giganticism, obesity, and the lived experiences of actual big and small people, Vallone boldly addresses the uncomfortable implications of using physical measures to judge normalcy, goodness, gender identity, and beauty. This wide-ranging work surveys the lives and contexts of both real and imagined persons with extraordinary bodies from the seventeenth century to the present day through close examinations of art, literature, folklore, and cultural practices, as well as scientific and pseudo-scientific discourses. Generously illustrated and written in a lively and accessible style, Vallone’s provocative study encourages readers to look with care at extraordinary bodies and the cultures that created, depicted, loved, and dominated them.
Author: Janet Lee Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 1526130416 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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War girls reveals the fascinating story of the British women who volunteered for service in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) during the Great War. Examining their experiences on the Western Front with the Belgian, British and French armies, this book shows how the FANY worked as nurses and ambulance driver-mechanics, inspiring stories of female heroism and solidarity. The FANY created skilled gendered performances against the cultural myths of the time, and in concert with their emerging legend. Coming from privileged backgrounds, they drew upon and subverted traditional arrangements, crafting new and unconventional identities for themselves. The author shares the stories of the FANY - a fascinating, quirky and audacious group of women - and illustrates the ways the Great War subverted existing gender arrangements. It will make fascinating reading for those working in the field of gender and war, as well as those who wish to find out more about this remarkable group of women.
Author: Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Author: Robert Baden-Powell
Author: Robert Baden-Powell
Author: Carlo Muratori
Author: Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Author: Allen J. Frantzen
Author: Catherine Bannister
Author: Finsbury (England). Public Library
Author: Lynne Vallone
Author: Janet Lee