Brutes in Suits: Male Sensibility in America, 1890-1920

by John Pettegrew

Book Overview

Are men truly predisposed to violence and aggression? Is it the biological fate of males to struggle for domination over women and vie against one another endlessly? These and related queries have long vexed philosophers, social scientists, and other students of human behavior. In Brutes in Suits , historian John Pettegrew examines theoretical writings and cultural traditions in the United States to find that, Darwinian arguments to the contrary,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801886031
• ISBN13: 9780801886034
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"