Building character in the american boy: the boy scouts, ymca, and their forerunners, 1870-1920
Auteur :
MacLeod, David
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299094041
Date de publication :
30 nov. 2004
Dimensions :
22,6 x 15,4 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
653 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.