2 IN THE BEGINNING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: MALE-PATTERN HISTORY 1
4. 1 WHY DO MEN HAVE BEARDS? 5
5. 2 IN THE BEGINNING 19
6. 3 THE CLASSIC SHAVE 38
7. 4 HOW JESUS GOT HIS BEARD 63
8. 5 THE INNER BEARD 79
9. 6 THE BEARD RENAISSANCE 105
10. 7 THE SHAVE OF REASON 130
11. 8 BEARDS OF THE ROMANTIC IMAGINATION 151
12. 9 PATRIARCHS OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 174
13. 10 MUSCLES AND MUSTACHES 198
14. 11 CORPORATE MEN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 213
15. 12 HAIR ON THE LEFT 235
16. 13 POSTMODERN MEN 260
17. CONCLUSIONS 289
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 293
19. NOTES 295
20. INDEX 329