Southern sons : becoming men in the new nation /
Glover, Lorri,1967-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-242) and index.
Introduction -- The first duties of a southern boy -- Raising "self-willed" sons -- The educational aspirations of southern families -- Creating southern schools for southern sons -- The (mis)behaviors of southern collegians -- The southern code of gentlemanly conduct -- Acting the part of a gentleman -- Supervising suitors -- Winning a wife -- Professions and the "circle about every man" -- Slaveholding and the destiny of the Republic's southern sons -- Epilogue.
Young men
Young men
Boys
Boys
Men
Boys