The Rise and Fall of the American TeenagerIn the groundbreaking work, Thomas Hine examines the American teenager as a social invention shaped by the needs of the twentieth century. With intelligence, insight, imagination, and humorm he traces the culture of youth in America-from the spiritual trials of young Puritans and the vision quests of Native Americans to the media-blitzed consumerism of contempory thirteen-to-nineteen -year-olds. The resulting study is a glorious appreciation of youth that challenges us to confront our sterotypesm, rethink our expectations, and consider anew the lives of those individuals who are blessing, our bane, and our future. |
Contents
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| 27 | |
THREE | 43 |
Family Values | 57 |
FIVE | 64 |
Declarations of Independence | 76 |
Counting on the Children | 120 |
EIGHT | 128 |
NINE | 156 |
ELEVEN | 199 |
TWELVE | 225 |
Boom and Aftershocks | 249 |
FOURTEEN | 260 |
Goths in Tomorrowland | 274 |
FIFTEEN | 296 |
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING | 316 |
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