{"product_id":"frontiers-of-boyhood-martin-woodside-9780806190242","title":"Frontiers of Boyhood: Imagining America, Past and Future Volume 7","description":"\u003cbr\u003e When Horace Greeley published his famous imperative, \"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country,\" the frontier was already synonymous with a distinctive type of idealized American masculinity. But Greeley's exhortation also captured popular sentiment surrounding changing ideas of American boyhood; for many educators, politicians, and parents, raising boys right seemed a pivotal step in securing the growing nation's future. This book revisits these narratives of American boyhood and frontier mythology to show how they worked against and through one another--and how this interaction shaped ideas about national character, identity, and progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The intersection of ideas about boyhood and the frontier, while complex and multifaceted, was dominated by one arresting notion: in the space of the West, boys would grow into men and the fledgling nation would expand to fulfill its promise. \u003ci\u003eFrontiers of Boyhood\u003c\/i\u003e explores this myth and its implications and ramifications through western history, childhood studies, and a rich cultural archive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detailing surprising intersections between American frontier mythology and historical notions of child development, the book offers a new perspective on William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody's influence on children and childhood; on the phenomenon of \"American Boy Books\"; the agency of child performers, differentiated by race and gender, in Wild West exhibitions; and the cultural work of boys' play, as witnessed in scouting organizations and the deployment of mass-produced toys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These mutually reinforcing and complicating strands, traced through a wide range of cultural modes, from social and scientific theorizing to mass entertainment, lead to a new understanding of how changing American ideas about boyhood and the western frontier have worked together to produce compelling stories about the nation's past and its imagined future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Woodside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806190248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806190242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Martin Woodside","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058775519487,"sku":"9780806190242","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b95914d2-716d-4cff-821f-3f2488784ba1.jpg?v=1685054451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frontiers-of-boyhood-martin-woodside-9780806190242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}