The modern age turn-of-the-century American culture and the invention of adolescence / Kent Baxter.

Author/creator Baxter, Kent
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,
Descriptionx, 185 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899--Fictional works.
Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930--Fictional works.
Adolescence--United States. --History. --19th century.
Adolescence--United States. --History. --20th century.
Teenagers--United States. --History. --19th century.
Teenagers--United States. --History. --20th century.
Teenagers--United States. --Societies and clubs. --History. --19th century.
Teenagers--United States. --Societies and clubs. --History. --20th century.

Contents New kids on the block : school reform, the juvenile court, and demographic change at the turn of the century -- G. Stanley Hall, Margaret Mead, and the invention of adolescence -- Every vigorous race : age and Indian reform movements -- Playing Indian : the rise and fall of the Woodcraft youth movements -- Teen reading at the turn of the century (part I) : Horatio Alger -- Teen reading at the turn of the century (part II) : Edward Stratemeyer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-178) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008010013
ISBN9780817316266 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780817380748 (electronic)

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