| Description |
xx, 551 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-523) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Heaven and hell : Marie Bashkirtseff and Jesse Pomeroy -- Nationalists and decadents : the European counterrevolution -- Hooligans and Apaches : juvenile delinquency and the mass media -- "A sudden vision of heaven" : L. Frank Baum and the dreamland of Oz -- The American century : G. Stanley Hall and adolescence -- Peter Pan and the Boy Scouts : imperial British youth -- High school freshmen and factory fodder : American adolescence and industry -- Wandervogel and neo-pagans : Europe's back-to-nature movements -- Nickleodeons and animal dances : the American dream economy -- Invocation : the European generation gap -- Sacrifice : the war dead and the young against the old -- The class of 1902 : juvenile delinquency and the Great War -- Jazz bands and doughboys : American youth enters Europe -- Postwar shocks : the fascisti, the German Bunde, and the woodcraft folk -- Sheiks and shebas : the American youth market -- The Cinderella complex : the problems of America's mass culture -- The pursuit of pleasure : the bright young people -- The soldiers of an idea : the Hitler youth -- The Children's Army and the New Deal : American adolescents in the Depression -- Biff boys and the red menace : the polarisation of British youth -- Jitterbugs and ickies : American swing and youth consumerism -- Conquerors and overlords : the Hitler youth at war and at home -- Reluctant conscripts and socialist heroes : Britain youth at war -- Sub-debs and GIs : American adolescents in school and in uniform -- German swing kids and French zazous : swing in Nazi Europe -- Zoot-suiters and victory girls : American unrest in 1943 -- The peaceful invaders : American soldiers and British youth -- Helmuth Hübener, the White Rose, and Anne Frank : resistance in Nazi Europe -- The arrival of the teenager : the launch of Seventeen -- Year zero : the teenager triumphant. |
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Teenagers -- History -- 20th century.
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Youth -- History -- 20th century.
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Teenagers -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture -- History -- 20th century.
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Subculture -- History -- 20th century.
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Social history -- 20th century.
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| Added Title |
Creation of youth culture |
| ISBN |
9780670038374 |
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0670038377 |
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