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Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, and the Politics of Progressive Era Reform
Kevin Murphy
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Hardback. In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." This work reveals how the popular ideals of American masculinity coalesced around these two distinct categories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." Roosevelt asserted that colleges should never "turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men," and cautioned that "the weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community." A paradigm of ineffectuality and weakness, the mollycoddle was "all inner life," whereas his opposite, the "red blood," was a man of action. Kevin P. Murphy reveals how the popular ideals of American masculinity coalesced around these two distinct ... Read more
In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." Roosevelt asserted that colleges should never "turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men," and cautioned that "the weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community." A paradigm of ineffectuality and weakness, the mollycoddle was "all inner life," whereas his opposite, the "red blood," was a man of action. Kevin P. Murphy reveals how the popular ideals of American masculinity coalesced around these two distinct ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231129961
SKU
V9780231129961
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About Kevin Murphy
Kevin P. Murphy is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, and the Politics of Progressive Era Reform
In shifting the examination of Progressive reform back from the terrain of voting and office-holding to that of gender and sexuality, Political Manhood makes a major contribution to our understanding of American political history.
Ruth Crocker Historian An engaging historical investigation into the negative application of homophobic rhetoric against those deemed political enemies... A must read.
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Ruth Crocker Historian An engaging historical investigation into the negative application of homophobic rhetoric against those deemed political enemies... A must read.
Jay Hatheway ... Read more