Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts
Major
History
Date of Defense
11-15-2016
Graduate Advisor
Laura Westhoff, Ph.D.
Committee
Deborah Cohen
Peter Acsay
Abstract
Boy Scouts of America were effective at selling the World War I both physically and emotionally on the American home front. This study reveals how the Boy Scouts’ achievements on the home front translate as a means of propaganda. Their actions and bodies demonstrate a new way of looking at propaganda. The federal government used this group of children as an acceptable means of propagating wartime service. Viewing these Scouts and their actions this study shows how the federal government put Scouts in a position to promote wartime expectations. Utilizing manly expectations to push Scouts and other men to serve in any way possible sent Scouts flocking into their communities, creating a new visible means of propaganda on the American home front.
OCLC Number
975487754
Recommended Citation
Murphy, David W., "Ideal Patriots: The Boy Scouts of America as Propaganda during the First World War" (2016). Theses. 171.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/171