Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America by John F. Kasson

Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America

John F. Kasson

272 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction gender history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A remarkable new work from one of our premier historiansIn his exciting new book, John F. Kasson examines the signs of crisis in American life a century ago, signs that new forces of modernity were affecting men's sense of who and what they really...

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