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Highly recommended.\"<br/>--CHOICE<br/><br/>\"An excellent index, well-chosen photographs and illustrations, and an extensive bibliography add further value. American Masculinities is well worth what would otherise be too hefty a price for many libraries because no other encyclopedia comes close to covering this growing field so well.\"<br/>--American Reference Books Annual<br/><br/>American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia is a first-of-its-kind reference, detailing developments in the growing field of mens studies. This up-to-date analytical review serves as a marker of how the field has evolved over the last decade, especially since the 1993 publication of Anthony Rotundos American Manhood. 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