Negotiating lower-middle-class masculinity in Britain: the Leicester Young Men's Christian Association, 1870-1914.

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Hosgood, Christopher P. | Copyright information

This article examines the experience of Young Men's Christian Association members in Britain in the period 1870-1914. By focusing on the history of one local British association, Leicester, it is possible to reconstruct both the administrative and cultural development of the YMCA in some detail The article argues that the transformation of the YMCA into a vibrant institution catering not only to the spiritual but also the physical and mental needs of young men was the result of a complicate...

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