Introduction : toward a history of manhood in America -- The making of the self-made man in America, 1776-1865: The birth of the self-made man ; Born to run : self-control and fantasies of escape -- The unmaking of the self-made man at the turn of the century: Men at work : captains of industry, white collars, and the faceless crowd ; Playing for keeps : masculinity as recreation and the re-creation of masculinity ; A room of his own : socializing the new man -- The new man in a new century : 1920-1950: Muscles, money, and the M-F test : measuring masculinity between the wars ; "Temporary about myself" : white-collar conformists and suburban playboys, 1945-1960 -- The contemporary "crisis" of masculinity: The masculine mystique ; Wimps, whiners, and weekend warriors : the contemporary crisis of masculinity and beyond ; From anxiety to anger since the 1990s : the "self-made man" becomes "angry white men" -- Epilogue.