The modern age
Subtitle: turn-of-the-century American culture and the invention of adolescence
By: Kent Baxter.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780817316266; 9780817380748
Subjects: Alger, Horatio, -- 1832-1899 -- Fictional works; Stratemeyer, Edward, -- 1862-1930 -- Fictional works; Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Teenagers -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 19th century; Teenagers -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New kids on the block : school reform, the juvenile court, and demographic change at the turn of the century; title: G. Stanley Hall, Margaret Mead, and the invention of adolescence; title: Every vigorous race : age and Indian reform movements; title: Playing Indian : the rise and fall of the woodcraft youth movements; title: Teen reading at the turn of the century (part I) : Horatio Alger; title: Teen reading at the turn of the century (part II) : Edward Stratemeyer.