Frontiers of Boyhood: Imagining America, Past and Future Volume 7

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190248
• ISBN13: 9780806190242
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"