| Description |
xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Making contemporary Britain series |
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Making contemporary Britain.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: 'All the Young Dudes' -- 2. 'All Shook Up': Continuity and Change in British Youth Culture -- 3. 'The Young Ones': The Growing 'Visibility' of Youth after 1945 -- 4. 'Teenage Kicks': Youth and Consumption in Post-War Britain -- 5. 'Walkin' Back to Happiness'? The Cultures of Young Women since 1945 -- 6. 'The Boys Are Back in Town': Youth Subcultures and the 'Return' of Class Conflict -- 7. 'All You Need Is Love': Counter-Cultural Youth and Social Change -- 8. 'Blank Generation': Cultures of Confrontation -- 9. 'Dread, Beat an' Blood': Race, Racism and Post-War Youth Culture -- 10. 'I Fought the Law': Youth and Agencies of Social Control -- 11. 'Whatever Happened to the Teenage Dream?': Youth in the 1980s -- 12. 'Twenty-Four Hour Party People': Dance Culture, Travellers and the Criminal Justice Act -- 13. 'Welcome to the Jungle': Youth at the End of the Century -- 14. Conclusion: 'Things Can Only Get Better'? |
| Summary |
Combining history, theory and debate, Osgerby examines the emergence of youth as a social category, and seeks to contextualise young people's cultural responses within the wider transformation of British social, economic and political life |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p[229]-239. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-239) and index |
| Subject |
Youth -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Youth -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056945
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| LC no. |
97017855 |
| ISBN |
0631194762 (alk. paper) |
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0631194770 (alk. paper) |
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