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Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920
David Macleod
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paperback. 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. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSP1; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299094041
SKU
V9780299094041
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About David Macleod
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.
Reviews for Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920
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 Education