The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager

In the groundbreaking work, Thomas Hine examines the American teenager as a social invention shaped by the needs of the twentieth century. With intelligence, insight, imagination, and humorm he traces the culture of youth in America-from the spiritual trials of young Puritans and the vision quests of Native Americans to the media-blitzed consumerism of contempory thirteen-to-nineteen -year-olds. The resulting study is a glorious appreciation of youth that challenges us to confront our sterotypesm, rethink our expectations, and consider anew the lives of those individuals who are blessing, our bane, and our future.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/19/2000
ISBN: 9780380728534
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 43148 / Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Reading Level: 10.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 25