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American Studies / History / Sociology

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Building Character in the American Boy The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870–1920 David I. Macleod "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 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. David I. Macleod, 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. For publicity information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION September 2004 LC: 83-047763 HS 404 pp. ISBN 0-299-09404-9 Paper $24.95 s To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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