Building Character in the American Boy
The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920
Published on 30. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-299-09404-1 (ISBN)
Description
Among established American institutions, few have been more successful or paradoxical than the Boy Scouts of America. David Macleod traces the social history of America in this scholarly account of the origins of the Boy Scouts and other character-building agencies, through which adults tried to restructure middle-class boyhood.
Reviews / Votes
A social history that goes well beyond its immediate subject to be a contribution to our understanding of turn-of-the-century education, male sex roles, and middle-class development. - American Journal of EducationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-09404-1 (9780299094041)
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Person
David I. Macleod, associate professor of history at Central Michigan University, was involved with the Boy Scouts from ages eight through twenty. He is author of The Age of the Child: Children in American 1890-1920.