Profile

University Affiliation

Bentley College

Biography

Clifford Putney is Senior Lecturer of History at Bentley College.

Selected Publications

"Oxenbridge Thacher: Boston Lawyer, Early Patriot," Historical Journal of Massachusetts, vol. 32, no. 1, 90-106, 2004.

"God vs. Sugar: The Gulick Brothers' Fight Against King Kamehameha V and the Sugar Planters in Hawaii, 1864-1870," in American Historical Association, January 2003.

"Muscular Christianity and the Origins of the YMCA," Mars Hill Audio Journal, no. July/August, 2002.

"History of the YMCA." My comments were featured on a History Channel documentary about the YMCA. The documentary was aired on 29 Dec. 2001

Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2001.

"From Character to Body Building: The YMCA and the Suburban Metropolis, 1950-1980," in Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City, 1853-1980, New York University Press, New York, NY, 1997.

History

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