Preface Mary Beth Norton Acknowledgments Introduction: New Men Thomas A. FosterPart I. Settlement 1 Gentlemen and Soldiers John Gilbert McCurdy 2 Indian and English Dreams Ann Marie PlanePart II. Warfare 3 "We are men" Tyler Boulware 4 Real Men Susan AbramPart III. Atlantic 5 "Blood and Lust" 6 "Banes of Society" and "Gentlemen of Strong Natural Parts" Natalie A. Zacek 7 "Impatient of Subordination" and "Liable to Sudden Transports of Anger" Trevor BurnardPart IV. Enactment 8 "Effective Men" and Early Voluntary Associations in Philadelphia, 1725-1775 Jessica Choppin Roney 9 "Strength of the Lion ... Arms Like Polished Iron" Kathleen M. BrownPart V. Revolution 10 Of Eloquence "Manly" and "Monstrous" Benjamin H. Irvin 11 John Adams and the Choice of Hercules Thomas A. Foster 12 "Play the Man ... for Your Bleeding Country" Revolutionary War Janet Moore Lindman Afterword: Contending Masculinities in Early America Toby L. Ditz About the Contributors Index