Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945
Author(s): Jon Savage
In 1945, just as the war was ending, 'the teenager' arrived. This is the story of how we got to that moment - the century and a half of ferment, folly, and angst that created a separate Teen Age in Europe and America. Jon Savage goes back to 1875 (when the first bestselling teenage memoir appeared and the first teenage mass murderer was tried), and takes us all the way through to the death of Anne Frank. In between we roam London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans, Apaches, and other gangs; explore free love with Rupert Brooke and eternal youth with Peter Pan; see commerce and advertising grab a new market and watch the relentless militarisation of youth, from the Boy Scouts to the Hitler Youth.Savage describes all ranks and kinds of people, from flappers and zootsuiters to the Bright Young Things, the unemployed and the Lost Generation. The book rings with music, from Ragtime to Swing, and the stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving.
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"Savage has produced a book that may well change how people think about teenagers - and prompt other youth culture writers to embark on revisionist epics of their own" -- Andy Beckett Guardian, Book of the Week "Savage's England's Dreaming has become the standard work on the subject and his new book deserves a similar accolade... to those of us for whom adolescence already seems like another country, this impressive history serves as a map and reminder" -- Melanie McGrath Sunday Telegraph "Hugely enjoyable, absolutely teeming with life and excitement and ideas, it succeeds on every level. His book is as vivid, as brilliant and compelling - and persuasive - as its subject" GQ "[Savage] can bring a beguiling blend of gravitas, wit, scholarship, and a slyly appreciative eye for the subversive, to any topic he approaches. Teenage provides a panoramic scope for his talents. He rises to the occasion with massive aplomb... a supremely thorough, assured, affecting and involving work" Independent "Jon Savage is a star... necessary and illuminating" The Times
Jon Savage is a critic and writer, author of the acclaimed history of punk, England's Dreaming. He now lives in North Wales.
General Fields
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- : Yellow Jersey Press
- : Yellow Jersey Press
- : 0.751
- : 03 April 2008
- : 233mm X 154mm X 42mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jon Savage
- : Paperback
- : 708
- : 305.23509
- : 576
