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- Explores the topic of youth from a rural perspective by using the countryside as a lens for understanding youth training
- Compares the similarities and differences of four different youth movements
- Analyses change and continuity through the interwar period, the Second World War and the post-war period
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores the significance and meaning of the countryside within mid-twentieth century youth movements. It examines the ways in which the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Woodcraft Folk and Young Farmers’ Club organisations employed the countryside as a space within which ‘good citizenship’ – in leisure, work, the home and the community – could be developed. Mid-century youth movements identified the ‘problem’ of modern youth as a predominantly urban and working class issue. They held that the countryside offered an effective antidote to these problems: being a ‘good citizen’ within this context necessitated a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with the rural sphere. Avenues to good citizenship could be found through an enthusiasm for outdoor recreation, the stewardship of the countryside and work on the land. However, models of good citizenship were intrinsically gendered.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Department of History, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK
Sian Edwards
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Youth Movements, Citizenship and the English Countryside
Book Subtitle: Creating Good Citizens, 1930-1960
Authors: Sian Edwards
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65157-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65156-9Published: 14 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87961-1Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65157-6Published: 28 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 296
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Youth Culture, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging