Work, play, and power / Stephen Meyer -- To make men out of crude material / Paul Michel Taillon -- Now that we have girls in the office / Janet F. Davidson -- Rereading man's conquest of nature / Nancy Quam-Wickham -- Building better men / Jeffrey Ryan Suzik -- Boys and their toys / Ruth Oldenziel -- Masculine guidance / Todd Alexander Postol -- Everyday Peter Pans / Woody Register -- Masculinity, the auto racing fraternity, and the technological sublime / Ben A. Shackleford -- Rights of men, rites of passage / Lisa Fine
Summary
Negotiating the divide between ""respectable manhood"" and ""rough manhood"" this book explores masculinity at work and at play through provocative essays on labor unions, railroads, vocational training programs, and NASCAR racing
