From Boys to Men

List of Illustrations
Preface
"Fiction Is the Lie through Which We Tell the Truth"
Part I: Moral Education: Exemplary Figures
Chapter One
The Boy Problem
Abe Lincoln and the Childhood of Famous Americans Series
Part II: Public Servants: Statesmen and Politicians
Chapter Two
Seeking a National Audience
Lee and Jefferson as Honorable Virginians
Chapter Three
The Series Concept
The Founding Fathers as Male Role Models
Part III: Military Readiness: War and Peace
Chapter Four
"Mama's Boys" and "Infantile" Men
The Roosevelts and the Masculine Mystique
Chapter Five
Citizen Soldiers and Fetishizing the Military Male
Part IV: Social Relationships: Exclusivity and Race
Chapter Six
Frontier Manhood and the Dangers of "Going Native"
Chapter Seven
"Persecution Hounds" and the "Threat" of African American Masculinity
Part V: The Vocational and Recreational: Balancing Work and Play
Chapter Eight
"Boys at Work"
Technology and Business as Manly Pursuits
Chapter Nine
"Muscular Masculinity"
Protecting Our Boys from Delinquency through Sports
Part VI: The Intellectual Boy: The Power of Literacy
Chapter Ten
Male Delinquency and the Challenges of Historical Literacy
Conclusion
"Welcome Back, Miss Hazelrod"
Notes
Index

Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.

• Estudos de gênero: homens
• Estudos de literatura infantil : geral

children's books; book history; boys; history; publishing