Making Men, Making Class
The YMCA and Workingmen, 1877-1920

208 pages
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15 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 2002
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
1. The YMCA, Gender, Class, and Social Change, 1877-1920: An Introduction
2. "A Zeal for Religious Work and an Open Door of Opportunity": YMCA Secretaries and Nineteenth-Century Ideals of Manhood
3. "We Have Only to Step in and Occupy the Land": The YMCA, Labor Conflict, and the Rise of Welfare Capitalism
4. "To Aid in the Upbuilding of Character": The YMCA, Welfare Capitalism, and a Language of Manhood
5. "A Most Effective Ally in the Work of Labor Advancement": Workingmen and the YMCA
6. "None of Your Milk-and-Water Sops, Flabby-Handed and Mealy-Mouthed, for Dealing with Such Men": The YMCA, the Secretaryship, and Professionalization
7. Personality, Character, and Self-Expression: The YMCA and a Language of Manhood and Class
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. The YMCA, Gender, Class, and Social Change, 1877-1920: An Introduction
2. "A Zeal for Religious Work and an Open Door of Opportunity": YMCA Secretaries and Nineteenth-Century Ideals of Manhood
3. "We Have Only to Step in and Occupy the Land": The YMCA, Labor Conflict, and the Rise of Welfare Capitalism
4. "To Aid in the Upbuilding of Character": The YMCA, Welfare Capitalism, and a Language of Manhood
5. "A Most Effective Ally in the Work of Labor Advancement": Workingmen and the YMCA
6. "None of Your Milk-and-Water Sops, Flabby-Handed and Mealy-Mouthed, for Dealing with Such Men": The YMCA, the Secretaryship, and Professionalization
7. Personality, Character, and Self-Expression: The YMCA and a Language of Manhood and Class
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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