The Scouts

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Susan Cohen, Cohen Susan
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2012
• EAN: 9780747811510
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1151-0
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 201 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; European History, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Social groups: clubs and societies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General