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Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920
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Book Description
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.

Back in print; First paperback edition.
Book Information
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
BindingPaperback (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages424
ISBN-100299094049
ISBN-13978-0299094041
Publication Date11/28/2004
The Creators
About David I. MacLeod (Author) : David I. MacLeod is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of David I. MacLeod include Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunner... more
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