The First Teenagers
The Lifestyle of Young Wage-earners in Interwar Britain
1st Edition
Published on 14. January 2014
224 pages
978-1-136-89686-6 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 1996. The first generation of British teenagers- young people eager to spend a significant proportion of their wages on consumer goods and services such as cosmetics, clothes, magazines, records, motorcycles, cinemas and dance halls- is generally regarded as that of the 1950s and 1960s. The same group, sociologists and economic and social historians have claimed, was the first to enjoy the autonomy in the labour market and to experience low unemployment. This study argues convincingly that in fact a teenage culture in modern sense already existed in the period between the two world wars. The book is grounded in extensive original research; on hitherto unexploited sources such as the records of the interwar Juvenile Employment Bureaux; on the records of youth movements ranging from the Boy Scouts to inner-city lads' and girls' clubs; on magazines aimed at youth, from millgirl magazines to specialist film, music and hobbies publications; and on contemporary social surveys, newspapers and oral history.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
5,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-89686-6 (9781136896866)
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Additional editions
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07/1996
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
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Book
12/1995
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
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Person
David Fowler is a Lecturer in Economic and Social History at The Queen's University of Belfast.
Content
American Historical Review-" Fowler"s book is an important study of interwar British youth"
Choice- " Highly recommended"
Albion- "Fowler"s revisionism has long been called for and historians now need to take it further
Choice- " Highly recommended"
Albion- "Fowler"s revisionism has long been called for and historians now need to take it further
