Title The modern age : turn-of-the-century American culture and the invention of adolescence / Kent Baxter

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 185 pages) Contents New kids on the block : school reform, the juvenile court, and demographic change at the turn of the century -- G. Stanley Hall, Margaret Mead, and the invention of adolescence -- Every vigorous race : age and Indian reform movements -- Playing Indian : the rise and fall of the Woodcraft youth movements -- Teen reading at the turn of the century (part I) : Horatio Alger -- Teen reading at the turn of the century (part II) : Edward Stratemeyer Summary The Modern Age examines the discourses that have come to characterize adolescence and argues that commonplace views of adolescents as impulsive, conflicted, and rebellious are constructions inspired by broader cultural anxieties that characterized American society in early-twentieth-century America. The idea of adolescence, argues Kent Baxter, came into being because it fulfilled specific historical and cultural needs: to define a quickly expanding segment of the population, and to express concerns associated with the movement into a new era. Adolescence - a term that had little currenc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record SUBJECT Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 -- Fictional works Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930 -- Fictional works Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899. fast (OCoLC)fst01897476 Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930. fast (OCoLC)fst00061528 Subject Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 19th century Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 20th century Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 19th century Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 20th century Teenagers -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 19th century Teenagers -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers. Adolescence. Criticism and interpretation. Teenagers. Teenagers -- Societies and clubs. Jeugdcultuur. Adolescentie. United States. Verenigde Staten. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780817380748 0817380744

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