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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524687103321

Autore

Stott Richard Briggs

Titolo

Jolly fellows : male milieus in nineteenth-century America / / Richard Stott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9795-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Gender relations in the American experience

Disciplina

305.38/96920907309034

Soggetti

Men - United States - History - 19th century

Men - Psychology - History - 19th century

Masculinity - United States - History - 19th century

Violence in men - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The tavern crowd -- Jolly fellowship -- Reform -- New York -- The gold rush -- Cultural connections -- Wild east and wild west -- Sporting men -- Continuities and complexities.

Sommario/riassunto

Jolly Fellows proposes a new interpretation of nineteenth-century American culture and society and will inform future work on masculinity during this period.