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Author:

Syrett, Nicholas L.

Title:

The company he keeps : a history of white college fraternities / Nicholas L. Syrett.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvi, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Greek letter societies--United States--History--19th century.
Greek letter societies--United States--History--20th century.
Male college students--United States--History.
Masculinity--United States--History.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Gender and American culture

ISBN:

9780807859315 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807859311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807832530 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807832537 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244481681

LCCN:

2008036716

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)