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.

• | Author: Thomas Hine
• | Publisher: Harper Perennial
• | Publication Date: Sep 19, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0380728532
• | ISBN-13: 9780380728534