Juke box Britain
Subtitle: Americanisation and youth culture, 1945-60
By: Adrian Horn.
Series: Studies in popular culture; Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780719079078
Subjects: Popular culture -- Great Britain -- American influences; Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Teenagers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jukeboxes -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Context: British acceptance and resistance to American popular culture before 1945; title: Americanisation and the post-war juke box; title: American music, juke boxes and cultural resistance; title: British teenagers; title: Spivs and Teds: changing meanings of 'rebellious' male dress styles; title: Cutting your coat according to your cloth: dress styles for young women after World War II; title: Venues: from arcade to high street.