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Title: The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager by Thomas Hine ISBN: 0-380-72853-2 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Is the idea of the 'teenager worth keeping?
Comment: I was quite anxious to read this book when it was assigned to me by my history professor at the University of Nebraska. It was hot off the presses when we had a chance to read and study the book as part of a Family History course. In that context, Thomas Hine's book helped to show how concepts of the American family make their way into our cultural mythos. The idea of the teenager has been around for little over 60 years and it seems well on being a somewhat permanent fixture. Yet, I think he is right to point out the problems that exist with this term. (What irony that the word 'teenager' caught on because it was easily marketable!) Contrary to one's expectations, this book doesn't talk about how teenagers have 'gone bad'. Instead, he suggests that this category might not be as useful as it once was. His theory is almost as economic as it is sociological. Certainly I hope we might expect more from 'teenagers' than for them to act like 'teenagers'. I certainly hope to see the downfall of the modern 'teenager' in my lifetime, in the sense of Hines' vision. His ideas are stimulating nonetheless and I would recommend this book to anyone who has been specifically trained to work with adolescents. It will make you rethink the entire approach to educating and nurturing our nation's youth.
Rating: 5
Summary: American Teenager ...review
Comment: Tom Hine's book, The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager, perceptively traces the 3-century history of younger people (those in their teen years) in Colonial and 18th century times, and on to the creation of the "teenager," as a result of post World War I growth of high schools. Throughout Hine chronicles how these younger people have been distrusted and viewed with panic by adults. The decline of the teenager, Hine says, is shown by high school tribalism, with numerous cults and subcults, silently posing in public, but communicating with no one but themselves. This is a witty and valuable book, one that should be in the library of every American parent.
-- Forrest R. Pitts, Prof. of Geography (Emeritus)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must
Comment: Anyone who wants to understand the American teenager or American culture of the 20th century must read this book. Essential to any student of anthropology, archaeology, sociology, architectural history or popular culture. Extraordinary insights which reflect a remarkable and creative understanding of our own history and place in time.
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Title: A Tribe Apart : A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence by Patricia Hersch ISBN: 034543594X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Teenagers: An American History by Grace Palladino ISBN: 046500766X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Adolescent Psychological Development: Rationality, Morality, and Identity by David Moshman ISBN: 0805828583 Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.50 |
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Title: All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis by David Elkind ISBN: 0201483858 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Candor, Connection, and Enterprise in Adolescent Therapy by Janet Sasson Edgette ISBN: 0393703568 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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