Manhood in America

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Toward a History of Manhood in America PART I: The Making of the Self-Made Man in America, 1776-1865 1. The Birth of the Self-Made Man 2. Born to Run: Self-Control and Fantasies of Escape PART II: THE UNMAKING OF THE SELF-MADE MAN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 3. Men at Work: Captains of Industry, White Collars, and the Faceless Crowd 4. Playing for Keeps: Masculinity as Recreation and the Recreation of Masculinity 5. A Room of His Own: Socializing the New Man PART III: THE NEW MAN IN A NEW CENTURY, 1920-1950 6. Muscles, Money, and the M-F Test: Measuring Masculinity Between the Wars 7. "Temporary About Myself": White-Collar Conformists and Suburban Playboys, 1945-1960 PART IV: THE CONTEMPORARY "CRISIS" OF MASCULINITY 8. The Masculine Mystique 9. Wimps, Whiners, and Weekend Warriors: The Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity and Beyond 10. From Anxiety to Anger since the 1990s: The Self-Made Man Becomes Angry White Men Epilogue: Toward Democratic Manhood Notes