Sons of Liberty: The Masculine Mind in Nineteenth-Century America

by David G. Pugh

Book Overview

David G. Pugh examines the evolution and shape of the cult of masculinity in nineteenth-century America. The author contends that the men of the time had been cut loose from their traditional cultural moorings and required a leader with strength, endurance, and bravado. They sought these mythical Jacksonian qualities as a defense against aimless drifting and the anonymity and real dangers of the frontier. Attitudes of nineteenth-century men toward...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313239347
• ISBN13: 9780313239342
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"