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Pettegrew, John, 1959-

Title Brutes in suits : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / John Pettegrew.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	305.3109 P451b 2007	---	Available

Description	xi, 409 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series	Gender relations in the American experience
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-398) and index.
Contents	The de-evolutionary turn in U.S. masculinity -- Rugged individualism -- Brute fictions -- College football -- War in the head -- Laws of sexual selection -- Irony, instinct, and war.
Subject	Sex role -- United States -- History.
	Masculinity -- United States -- History.
ISBN	0801886031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780801886034 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No.	AU@ 000040669549
	NLGGC 308514440