Nobody's Boy and His Pals: The Story of Jack Robbins and the Boys' Brotherhood Republic

by Hendrik Hartog

An engaging account of social reformer Jack Robbins, the Boys' Brotherhood Republic, and their legacy.

In 1914, social reformer Jack Robbins and a group of adolescent boys in Chicago founded the Boys' Brotherhood Republic, an unconventional and unusual institution. During a moral panic about delinquent boys, Robbins did not seek to rehabilitate and/or punish wayward youths. Instead, the boys governed themselves, democratically and with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226834379
• ISBN13: 9780226834375
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages