Introduction : toward a history of manhood in America
pt. 1. The making of the self-made man in America, 1776-1865
1. The birth of the self-made man
2. Born to run : self-control and fantasies of escape
pt. 2. The unmaking of the self-made man at the turn of the century
3. Men at work : captains of industry, white collars, and the faceless crowd
4. Playing for keeps : masculinity as recreation and the re-creation of masculinity
5. A room of his own : socializing the new man
pt. 3. The new man in a new century : 1920-1950
6. Muscles, money, and the M-F test : measuring masculinity between the wars
7. "Temporary about myself" : white-collar conformists and suburban playboys, 1945-1960
pt. 4. The contemporary "crisis" of masculinity
8. The masculine mystique
9. Wimps, whiners, and weekend warriors : the contemporary crisis of masculinity and beyond
10. From anxiety to anger since the 1990s : the "self-made man" becomes "angry white men"
Epilogue : toward democratic manhood.