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anarchy
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Author_Stephen Humphries
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childhood
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contemporary
crime
delinquency
documentary
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examines
fascinating
history
humphries
long
oral
product
rebellion
simply
society
teenage gangs
testimonies
underprivileged children
Product details
- ISBN 9780631199847
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 154 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 07 Oct 1995
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this fascinating book, Stephen Humphries examines all aspects of childhood delinquency, from hooliganism, teenage gangs and vandalism to juvenile crime and classroom anarchy. He shows that far from being simply the product of contemporary society, the rebellion of under-privileged children and youth has a long and compelling history. By drawing on oral testimonies and forgotten documentary accounts, the author evokes a vivid picture of young people at war with adults in the days when children were to be "seen and not heard". The recollections of working-class people, rarely if ever heard in conventional histories, provide an authentic and often moving account of how working-class children coped with an often harsh and oppressive world.
Hooligans and Rebels will be welcomed by all those interested in oral history, and the history of youth in modern British society.
Hooligans and Rebels will be welcomed by all those interested in oral history, and the history of youth in modern British society.
Stephen Humphries, formerly Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex, is now a writer and broadcaster with a special interest in social history and oral tradition.
