03179nam 2200685Ia 450 991045517640332120200520144314.01-4696-0596-10-8078-8870-2(CKB)1000000000764490(EBL)454839(OCoLC)405095843(SSID)ssj0000126265(PQKBManifestationID)11139958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126265(PQKBWorkID)10030523(PQKB)10983190(MiAaPQ)EBC454839(MiAaPQ)EBC4401662(OCoLC)966768226(MdBmJHUP)muse48744(Au-PeEL)EBL454839(CaPaEBR)ebr10310778(CaONFJC)MIL930238(EXLCZ)99100000000076449020080825d2009 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe company he keeps[electronic resource] a history of white college fraternities /Nicholas L. SyrettChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20091 online resource (431 p.)Gender and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5931-1 0-8078-3253-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Camaraderie and resistance : the founding and function of college fraternities -- The sacred, the secular, and the manly -- Very fraternally yours : national brotherhood in the nineteenth century -- Greeks and barbs : social class and the rise of the fraternity in the postbellum years -- Fussers and fast women : fraternity men in the 1920's -- Democracy, drinking, and violence : post-World War II fraternities.Here is the first book to recount the full history of white college fraternities in America. Nicholas Syrett traces these organizations from their days in antebellum all-male schools to the sprawling modern-day college campus, paying special attention to how fraternity brothers have defined masculinity over the course of their 180-year history. Based on extensive research at twelve different schools and analyzing at least twenty national fraternities, The Company He Keeps explores the formation of what Syrett calls ""fraternal masculinity."" He describes how men have gained...Gender & American culture.Greek letter societiesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryGreek letter societiesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMale college studentsUnited StatesHistoryMasculinityUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Greek letter societiesHistoryGreek letter societiesHistoryMale college studentsHistory.MasculinityHistory.378.1/98550973Syrett Nicholas L1050296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455176403321The company he keeps2479971UNINA