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Title: BUILDING CHARACTER IN THE AMERICAN BOY
THE BOY SCOUTS, YMCA, AND THEIR FORERUNNERS, 1870-1920
By: David MacLeod
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0299094049
ISBN 13: 9780299094041
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
Pub. date: 30 September, 2004
Pages: 464
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.
Synopsis: 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.
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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