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Manhood in America : a cultural history
- Author
- Kimmel, Michael S.
- Title
- Manhood in America : a cultural history / by Michael Kimmel.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Free Press, c1996.
- Description
- xiii, 544 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- URL
- <Book review (H-Net)> http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a0a8-aa
- Other titles
- Don Belton collection
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-532) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction: Toward a History of Manhood in America
- Pt. 1. The Making of the Self-Made Man in America, 1776-1865. 1. The Birth of the Self-Made Man. 2. Born to Run: Self-Control and Fantasies of Escape
- Pt. 2. The Unmaking of the Self-Made Man at the Turn of the Century. 3. Men at Work: Captains of Industry, White Collars, and the Faceless Crowd. 4. Playing for Keeps: Masculinity as Recreation and the Re-creation of Masculinity. 5. A Room of His Own: Socializing the New Man
- Pt. 3. The New Man in a New Century, 1920-1950. 6. Muscles, Money, and the M-F Test: Measuring Masculinity Between the Wars. 7. "Temporary About Myself": White-Collar Conformists and Suburban Playboys, 1945-1960
- Pt. 4. The Contemporary "Crisis" of Masculinity. 8. The Masculine Mystique. 9. Wimps, Whiners, and Weekend Warriors: The Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity and Beyond
- Epilogue: Toward Democratic Manhood
- Appendix: Attitude-Interest Analysis Test.
- Summary
- Kimmel's history of men in America demonstrates that manhood has meant very different things in different eras.
- Kinsey subjects
- Men psychology. Men. Gender role identification--Male--United States. Changing role of men--United States.
- ISBN
- 002874067X 9780028740676