Victor Brooks

Last Season of Innocence

The Teen Experience in the 1960s

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Produktbeschreibung

Last Season of Innocence discusses the lives of the preteens and teenagers who were in junior high school, high school, and the first year of college in the 1960s. Brooks offers a unique account of this much-chronicled decade by examining the experiences of these often overlooked young people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781442209176
• ISBN-10: 1442209178
• Artikelnr.: 34666386

Autorenporträt

Victor Brooks is professor of history and education at Villanova University. He is the author of ten books, including Boomers: The Cold-War Generation Grows Up; The Fredericksburg Campaign, nominated for the Virginia Literary Prize; and Hell Is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific, a feature selection of the History Book Club.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Teen Life in 1959: The Gateway to the Sixties
Chapter 2: Teen Family Life and Social Life Chapter 3: High School, USA
Chapter 4: Teen Beat: The Twist to the Beatles Chapter 5: Teens on Screen
Chapter 6: Teens in Transition: Home Room to Dorm Room Chapter 7: Teen
Consumers and Adolescent Ambassadors Chapter 8: Coping with the Generation
Gap Chapter 9: The Teen Music Explosion, 1964-1969: Myth and Reality
Chapter 10: Teens at War Chapter 11: Visualizing Teens, 1964-1969 Chapter
12: Yesterday Once Again: The Sixties Teen Experience as History Conclusion