Images of Youth: Age, Class, and the Male Youth Problem, 1880-1920

ISBN-13: 9780198217824 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 312 str.

Harry Hendrick

Opis

Images of Youth demonstrates the significance, long underestimated, of the male adolescent in British society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The male working-class youth was regarded as posing a serious problem--not only economically, but morally and socially as well. Investigating the causes of this, Hendrick examines the attitudes towards youth and its behavior, contemporary perceptions of "boy labour," and the "discovery" of the working-class adolescent. He goes on to consider the various attempts to solve the problem: philanthropy (the youth movement); collectivism (a juvenile labor exchange and vocational guidance system); and further education (part-time continuation schools).

Recenzje

'Hendrick has provided a sensitive and meticulously-researched study ... he has established the long underestimated significance of working-class male adolescents in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Images of Youth is a welcome contribution to the historical literature, leaving its readers with much to ponder.' Mark Rosenfeld, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Albion

Spis treści

List of tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The broad context: Efficiency, labour, and politics; Aspects of the juvenile labour market 1900-1914; Part II: Defining the problem: Work, adolescence, and personality: The boy labour problem: the economic critique; Social science and working-class `adolescence': from idea to social fact; The boy labour problem: the social critique; Part III: Solving the problem: philanthropy, collectivism, and class: Youth organizations: organizing boys and `making men'; Rites of passage: origins of the youth employment service; Day continuation schools: creating the adaptable and efficient citizen; Conclusion; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index