Be prepared: Communism and the politics of scouting in 1950s Britain

Contemporary British History

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-450

  Mills, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boy scouts; British mccarthyism; Communism; Cultural cold war; Youth movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051755682     PISSN: 13619462     EISSN: 17437997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2011.597552     Document Type: Article

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