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Scouts have been part of the fabric of British society since the Movement''s founding by Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell in 1907, and Scout training continues to provide young people with ''instruction in good citizenship'' to this day. Beginning with an outline of Baden-Powell''s life and influences, Susan Cohen here tells the story of the Scout Movement and its growth from an experimental camp held on Brownsea Island, Dorset, attended by a handful of boys, into a multi-cultural, multi-national movement involving (in 2011) some 400,000 young people (including 60,000 girls) in the UK and millions of others across the world.

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How it all Began / Brownsea Island / New Advances / The First World War / The 1920s / The 1930s / The Second World War / Into the Post-war Era / From 1960 / TheTwenty-first Century / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index

The Scouts Shire Library

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780747811510, 978-0747811510
      ISBN10: 0747811512

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Scouts have been part of the fabric of British society since the Movement''s founding by Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell in 1907, and Scout training continues to provide young people with ''instruction in good citizenship'' to this day. Beginning with an outline of Baden-Powell''s life and influences, Susan Cohen here tells the story of the Scout Movement and its growth from an experimental camp held on Brownsea Island, Dorset, attended by a handful of boys, into a multi-cultural, multi-national movement involving (in 2011) some 400,000 young people (including 60,000 girls) in the UK and millions of others across the world.

      Table of Contents
      How it all Began / Brownsea Island / New Advances / The First World War / The 1920s / The 1930s / The Second World War / Into the Post-war Era / From 1960 / TheTwenty-first Century / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index

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