Author:
Murphy, Kevin P., 1963-
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Descriptionx, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Of mugwumps and mollycoddles : patronage and the political discourse of the "third sex" -- The Tammany within : good government reform and political manhood -- White army in the white city : civic militarism, urban space, and the urban populace -- Socrates in the slums : "social brotherhood" and settlement house reform -- Daddy George and Tom Brown : sexual scandal, political manhood, and self-government reform -- The problem of the impracticables : sentimentality, idealism, and homosexuality -- Epilogue : red bloods and mollycoddles in the twentieth century and beyond.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index.
