Frontiers of Boyhood: Imagining America, Past and Future

by Martin Woodside

Book Overview

When Horace Greeley published his famous imperative, "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country," the frontier was already synonymous with a distinctive type of idealized American masculinity. But Greeley's exhortation also captured popular sentiment surrounding changing ideas of American boyhood; for many educators, politicians, and parents, raising boys right seemed a pivotal step in securing the growing nation's future. This book revisits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080616476X
• ISBN13: 9780806164762
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"