The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Hine, the author of four previous books, including Populuxe and The Total Package, is a writer on culture, history, and design. He is a columnist for Philadelphia Magazine and a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Martha Stewart Living, Architectural Record, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. He Lives in Philadelphia. Klappentext In 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. Zusammenfassung In 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.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Hine
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2000
• EAN: 9780380728534
• ISBN: 978-0-380-72853-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIOLOGY: POPULAR CULTURE, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / General, SOCIOLOGY: MARRIAGE & FAMILY, SOCIOLOGY: AMERICAN, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PSYCHOLOGY: Developmental / Adolescent