what time period was the outsiders?
The Outsiders, first published in 1967, tells the story of class conflict between the greasers, a group of low-class youths, and the Socs (short for Socials), a group of privileged rich kids who live on the wealthy West Side of town.
An unnamed city, in an unnamed stateâ¦. We know The Outsiders is set in 1965 because S.E. Hinton says so in the FAQ page of her website (source), but not because there's any indication in the novel (though some of the slang probably seems kind of outdated).