Chapter 1: The New World: Manhood in Euro-Indian Contact
Chapter 2: New Men: Establishing Colonies
Chapter 3: Manhood in the Revolutionary Era
Chapter 4: Manhood in the New Nation
Chapter 5: Manhood Lost and Found: African-American Masculinities in Slavery and Freedom
Chapter 6: Manhood in Urban-Industrial Society
Chapter 7: Manhood and the American Century
Chapter 8: Manhood Today: Masculinities Unbound

Drawing upon the span of American history from the seventeenth century to the present, Bret Carroll explores masculinity's importance as a leitmotif to understand a broad range of human relations. He argues that throughout our history masculinity has been a powerful force across geographical, racial, ethnic, and class lines.

Bret Carroll, professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus served as editor-in-chief of American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia (Sage 2003).