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Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades A Reference Guide

Rollin Lucy
Innbundet / 1999 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780313302237
Publisert
1999-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Greenwood Press
Vekt
822 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter
Rollin Lucy

Biographical note

LUCY ROLLIN teaches Children's and Adolescent Literature at Clemson University. She has published books on nursery rhymes, psychoanalytic approaches to children's literature, and film adaptations, and has edited the Oxford World's Classics edition of Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. She has published many articles on popular culture and on literature for young readers.

Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades A Reference Guide

Rollin Lucy
Innbundet / 1999 / Engelsk
Rollin Lucy
Innbundet / 1999 / Engelsk
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An exceptionally well-written and entertaining history of that lively, often perplexing group, U.S. teenagers. . . .This is a first-rate, thoroughly researched compendium of facts, as appealing to browsers as it is useful for reports.

School Library Journal

In the most entertaining reference book of the year, Rollin describes teen culture throughout the 20th century. . . . If you were monking with an angel cake, would you be a jackson or a schmo? Find out here! Buy an extra copy for the stacks!

Library Journal -- Best Reference Edition

This interesting and well-written reference guide is a useful addition to the field. . . . It is recommended for public, academic, and school libraries.

Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Se alle

The topic should appeal to students, and the book will be helpful for research projects in schools. . . . The clear chapter sections and the specific index will help in accessing the wealth of information available here.

VOYA

A thorough, well-researched, and highly readable social history of American teenagers in this century. . . . Good historical overviews of world and national events set the scene at the beginning of each chapter, and the author's notes on sources and statistics, as well as an appendix of teen-oriented Internet links at the end further enhance this book. . . . Recommended.

Library Journal

This work is clearly written and well organized. Each chapter represents a decade and contains a thorough bibliography. The user-friendly index lists specific trends, people and topics. A useful appendix is included, listing Internet sites for further research on teen culture. While content spans a wide variety of topics, the book provides a clear view of the life and nature of youth throughout the past century, making it a useful addition to either a young adult or adult reference collection.

Today's Librarian

This work is likely to be a hot item when teenagers are doing decade reports. . . . This will be tough to keep on your reference shelves.

Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews

An excellent resource covering areas of research that will appeal to teens.

Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association

The book offers an interesting and illuminating view of 100 years of teen life. Teens and adults will find it lively reading. . . . Recommended.

The Book Report

Impeccably researched and concisely written. . . . The book—complete with substantial bibliographic information, an index, and a list of teen-oriented Websites—is comprehensive and on target, showing how teen culture, with its embodiment of elements from all corners of American life, is continually evolving. It is an indispensable volume for anyone interested in American studies, popular culture, or teen life.

Children's Literature Association Summary

Besides being informative and a fun read, this book holds a mirror up to each generation and asks, What were you thinking?

C & RL News

Decade by decade, this resource offers an overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900 to 1999, as they evolved through the century. Using a variety of sources from sociological studies to popular magazines, this work shows how teens have responded to the political events that have characterized each decade. It also describes the patterns that have affected their home, work, and school lives, patterns of dating and sex, trends in alcohol and drug use, and teen tastes in books and movies and use of slang and fashions. Seventy illustrations make the personalities, interests, and media of each decade come alive for students of history, literature, and popular culture. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades chronicles the evolution of teenagers through the bobby-soxers of the 1940s, beatniks of the 1950s, and hippies of the 1960s, to the independent and outspoken teens of the 1990s. With photographs of teens, anecdotal information, and statistics, Rollin pulls together sources on fashion, slang, film, radio, and music. She confirms the great impact that rock music has had on teen life since the late 1940s as it traces the evolution of favorite performers and styles. She summarizes the patterns of youth freedoms and adult fears that resulted in such public efforts as the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency in the 1950s and the attempts to label rock concerts as dangerous in the 1990s. She also demonstrates that the teen violence that seems to characterize the 1990s is not new. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades is a must for answering the question of how teens lived during each decade and how each decade has influenced teens' lives today.
Les mer
An overview of aspects of American teen life from 1900 to 1999. Decade by decade, it describes the patterns that have affected their home, work, and school lives, patterns of dating and sex, use of slang, trends in alcohol and drug use, and teen tastes in books, movies and fashions.
Les mer
Preface The Early Decades 1900-1920 The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s A Note on Statistics A Note on Sources Appendix: A Sample of Teen-Oriented Links to the World Wide Web Index
Les mer
The first book to provide a lively and informative overview of all aspects of American teen life in the twentieth century, from 1900 to 1999

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An exceptionally well-written and entertaining history of that lively, often perplexing group, U.S. teenagers. . . .This is a first-rate, thoroughly researched compendium of facts, as appealing to browsers as it is useful for reports.

School Library Journal

In the most entertaining reference book of the year, Rollin describes teen culture throughout the 20th century. . . . If you were monking with an angel cake, would you be a jackson or a schmo? Find out here! Buy an extra copy for the stacks!

Library Journal -- Best Reference Edition

This interesting and well-written reference guide is a useful addition to the field. . . . It is recommended for public, academic, and school libraries.

Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Se alle

The topic should appeal to students, and the book will be helpful for research projects in schools. . . . The clear chapter sections and the specific index will help in accessing the wealth of information available here.

VOYA

A thorough, well-researched, and highly readable social history of American teenagers in this century. . . . Good historical overviews of world and national events set the scene at the beginning of each chapter, and the author's notes on sources and statistics, as well as an appendix of teen-oriented Internet links at the end further enhance this book. . . . Recommended.

Library Journal

This work is clearly written and well organized. Each chapter represents a decade and contains a thorough bibliography. The user-friendly index lists specific trends, people and topics. A useful appendix is included, listing Internet sites for further research on teen culture. While content spans a wide variety of topics, the book provides a clear view of the life and nature of youth throughout the past century, making it a useful addition to either a young adult or adult reference collection.

Today's Librarian

This work is likely to be a hot item when teenagers are doing decade reports. . . . This will be tough to keep on your reference shelves.

Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews

An excellent resource covering areas of research that will appeal to teens.

Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association

The book offers an interesting and illuminating view of 100 years of teen life. Teens and adults will find it lively reading. . . . Recommended.

The Book Report

Impeccably researched and concisely written. . . . The book—complete with substantial bibliographic information, an index, and a list of teen-oriented Websites—is comprehensive and on target, showing how teen culture, with its embodiment of elements from all corners of American life, is continually evolving. It is an indispensable volume for anyone interested in American studies, popular culture, or teen life.

Children's Literature Association Summary

Besides being informative and a fun read, this book holds a mirror up to each generation and asks, What were you thinking?

C & RL News

Decade by decade, this resource offers an overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900 to 1999, as they evolved through the century. Using a variety of sources from sociological studies to popular magazines, this work shows how teens have responded to the political events that have characterized each decade. It also describes the patterns that have affected their home, work, and school lives, patterns of dating and sex, trends in alcohol and drug use, and teen tastes in books and movies and use of slang and fashions. Seventy illustrations make the personalities, interests, and media of each decade come alive for students of history, literature, and popular culture. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades chronicles the evolution of teenagers through the bobby-soxers of the 1940s, beatniks of the 1950s, and hippies of the 1960s, to the independent and outspoken teens of the 1990s. With photographs of teens, anecdotal information, and statistics, Rollin pulls together sources on fashion, slang, film, radio, and music. She confirms the great impact that rock music has had on teen life since the late 1940s as it traces the evolution of favorite performers and styles. She summarizes the patterns of youth freedoms and adult fears that resulted in such public efforts as the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency in the 1950s and the attempts to label rock concerts as dangerous in the 1990s. She also demonstrates that the teen violence that seems to characterize the 1990s is not new. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades is a must for answering the question of how teens lived during each decade and how each decade has influenced teens' lives today.
Les mer
An overview of aspects of American teen life from 1900 to 1999. Decade by decade, it describes the patterns that have affected their home, work, and school lives, patterns of dating and sex, use of slang, trends in alcohol and drug use, and teen tastes in books, movies and fashions.
Les mer
Preface The Early Decades 1900-1920 The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s A Note on Statistics A Note on Sources Appendix: A Sample of Teen-Oriented Links to the World Wide Web Index
Les mer
The first book to provide a lively and informative overview of all aspects of American teen life in the twentieth century, from 1900 to 1999

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780313302237
Publisert
1999-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Greenwood Press
Vekt
822 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter
Rollin Lucy

Biographical note

LUCY ROLLIN teaches Children's and Adolescent Literature at Clemson University. She has published books on nursery rhymes, psychoanalytic approaches to children's literature, and film adaptations, and has edited the Oxford World's Classics edition of Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. She has published many articles on popular culture and on literature for young readers.

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