Building Character In The American Boy The Boy Scouts, Ymca, And Their Forerunners, 18701920

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.Macleod, David is the author of 'Building Character In The American Boy The Boy Scouts, Ymca, And Their Forerunners, 18701920', published 2004 under ISBN 9780299094041 and ISBN 0299094049.