Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-400) and index.
Contents
Camaraderie and resistance : the founding and function of college fraternities -- The sacred, the secular, and the manly -- Very fraternally yours : national brotherhood in the nineteenth century -- Greeks and barbs : social class and the rise of the fraternity in the postbellum years -- Fussers and fast women : fraternity men in the 1920s -- Democracy, drinking, and violence : post-World War II fraternities.
Summary
This title presents Frat boy behaviour and its consequences. It recounts the full history of white college fraternities in America and traces these organizations from their days in antebellum all-male schools to the sprawling modern-day college campus.
