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This book traces the history of youth culture from its origins among the student communities of inter-war Britain to the more familiar world of youth communities and pop culture. Grounded in extensive original research, it...
This book traces the history of youth culture from its origins among the student communities of inter-war Britain to the more familiar world of youth communities and pop culture. Grounded in extensive original research, it explores the individuals, institutions and ideas that have shaped youth culture over much of the twentieth century.
Offers a new interpretation of the subject based on extensive new research Highly approachable for students and research scholars Includes tables, illustrations, chronologies and a select bibliography to aid study
List of Tables List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Edwardian Cults of Youth: Boy Labour; the Folk Dance Craze; the Cult of Rupert Brooke Rolf Gardiner, Cambridge and the Birth of Youth Culture Between the Two World Wars The Flapper Cult in Interwar Britain Youth Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland Juvenile Delinquency in Northern Ireland, 1945-c.1970 From the Juke Box Boys to Revolting Students: Richard Hoggart and the Study of Youth Culture The Mod Culture in Swinging Britain, 1964-1967 From Danny the Red to British Student Power: Labour Governments and the International Student Revolts of the 1960s Youth Culture and Pop Culture: From Beatlemania to the Spice Girls Conclusions Notes Appendices Bibliography Index.
