The Boy Problem: Educating Boys in Urban America, 1870–1970

Contents

C o n t e n t s Introduction 1 1 Schooling the “Dangerous Classes” Reforming Boys in Nineteenth-Century America 14 2 The Nature of Boy Nature Education and Recreation for Masculinity 38 3 The Perils of Public Education Truants, Underachievers, and School Leavers 67 4 Bad or Backward? Gender and the Genesis of Special Education 93 5 “The Boys’ Own Story” Masculinity, Peer Culture, and Delinquency 118 6 Black Boys and Native Sons Race, Delinquency, and Schooling in the Urban North 149 Epilogue 177 Acknowledgments 187 Notes 191 Index 225 This page intentionally left blank ...