First Teenagers
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adolescent autonomy
Author_David Fowler
Boxing Gloves
Boy Apprentices
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
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Chief Constable
Early Employment Experiences
early twentieth century British teenagers
Engineering Apprentices
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Gangster Films
Hans Renold
INTERWAR BRITAIN
interwar social change
Jewish Lads
Juvenile Employment
Juvenile Employment Bureaux
Juvenile Labour
Juvenile Unemployment
labour market transitions
MEC
Pioneer Club
Rover Leaders
Rover Scouts
social history Britain
Teenage Consumer
Unemployment Insurance Scheme
Working Boys
YCL.
Young Men
Young Wage Earners
youth consumerism
youth subcultures
Product details
- ISBN 9780713040180
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
