What in the world is going on with boys? How has their development changed in the last 100 years? From the barefoot innocents of Tom Sawyer's era to the jaded, media-saturated youths of the computer age, the evolution of American boys' lives provides dramatic evidence of a changing society.
Priscilla Ferguson Clement is professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County, PA. Jacqueline S. Reinier is professor emerita at California State University, Sacramento, CA.
"Each entry includes a list of suggested readings that appear to be both timely and to the point. In addition, at the end of volume 2 there is a 75-page bibliography that would make the set worth its price... Boyhood in America serves as a good introduction to an emerging area of study and is recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries." - Booklist "This work is a worthy contribution to the field of men's studies... The set's information and perspective are unique and make this work valuable for public libraries and gender studies collections in secondary and college level libraries." - Library Journal "Readers will find that one of the main benefits of this set is the historical perspective given by these articles ... useful work that provides an overview of a somewhat neglected subject and offers bibliographic references to more specific aspects of each topic. Boyhood in America: An Encyclopedia is one of those sets that could equally be at home in circulating collections, particularly in academic and larger public libraries." - Against the Grain
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