Inventing modern adolescence : the children of immigrants in turn-of-the-century America /

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The 1960s are commonly considered to be the beginning of a distinct "teenage culture" in America. But did this highly visible era of free love and rock 'n' roll really mark the start of adolescent defiance? In Inventing Modern Adolescence Sarah E. Chinn follows the roots of Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chinn, Sarah E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Series:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-2000.
Children of immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
Conflict of generations > United States > History > 20th century.
Adolescence > United States > History > 20th century.
Enfants d'immigrants > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Conflit de générations > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Adolescence > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Adolescence
Children of immigrants
Conflict of generations
Jugend
Generationskonflikt
Einwanderer
Generation 2
Einwanderer.
Kind.
Generationenkonflikt.
adolescent > immigré > deuxième génération > Etats-Unis > 19e s. (fin) > 20e s. (début)
adolescent > travailleur > Etats-Unis > 19e s. (fin) > 20e s. (début)
adolescence > conflit de générations > Etats-Unis > 19e s. (fin) > 20e s. (début)
Generationsklyftor > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Invandrarbarn > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Barnet i historien > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Ivandrare > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
United States
USA
USA.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Youth must have its fling" : the beginnings of modern adolescence
  • Picturing labor : Lewis W. Hine, the child labor movement, and the meanings of adolescent work
  • "Irreverence and the American spirit" : immigrant parents, American adolescents, and the invention of the generation gap
  • "Youth demands amusement" : dancing, dance halls, and the exercise of adolescent freedom
  • "Youth is always turbulent" : reinterpretations of adolescence from Bohemia to Samoa.

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