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UNINA9910454167603321 |
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Autore |
Chinn Sarah E |
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Titolo |
Inventing modern adolescence [[electronic resource] ] : the children of immigrants in turn-of-the-century America / / Sarah E. Chinn |
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
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1-281-95874-3 |
9786611958749 |
0-8135-4595-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Rutgers series in childhood studies |
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Soggetti |
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Children of immigrants - United States - History - 20th century |
Conflict of generations - United States - History - 20th century |
Adolescence - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-191) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: “I Don’t Understand What’s Come Over the Children of This Generation” -- 1. “Youth Must Have Its Fling”: The Beginnings of Modern Adolescence -- 2. Picturing Labor: Lewis W. Hine, the Child Labor Movement, and the Meanings of Adolescent Work -- 3. “Irreverence and the American Spirit”: Immigrant Parents, American Adolescents, and the Invention of the Generation Gap -- 4. “Youth Demands Amusement”: Dancing, Dance Halls, and the Exercise of Adolescent Freedom -- 5. “Youth Is Always Turbulent”: Reinterpretations of Adolescence from Bohemia to Samoa -- Epilogue: Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The 1960's are commonly considered to be the beginning of a distinct "teenage culture" in America. But did this highly visible era of free love and rock 'n' roll really mark the start of adolescent defiance? In Inventing Modern Adolescence Sarah E. Chinn follows the roots of American teenage identity further back, to the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She argues that the concept of the "generation gap"—a stereotypical complaint against American |
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teens—actually originated with the division between immigrant parents and their American-born or -raised children. Melding a uniquely urban immigrant sensibility with commercialized consumer culture and a youth-oriented ethos characterized by fun, leisure, and overt sexual behavior, these young people formed a new identity that provided the framework for today's concepts of teenage lifestyle. Addressing the intersecting issues of urban life, race, gender, sexuality, and class consciousness, Inventing Modern Adolescence is an authoritative and engaging look at a pivotal point in American history and the intriguing, complicated, and still very pertinent teenage identity that emerged from it. |
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UNINA9910703451603321 |
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Titolo |
Description of the ... oceanographic conditions on the northeast U.S. continental shelf |
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Woods Hole, Massachusetts : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, , 2008?- |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document |
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Continental shelf - Atlantic Coast (U.S.) - Environmental conditions |
Hydrological surveys - Atlantic Coast (U.S.) |
Ocean temperature - Atlantic Coast (U.S.) |
Salinity - Atlantic Coast (U.S.) |
Ecology |
Hydrological surveys |
Ocean temperature |
Salinity |
Observations. |
Periodicals. |
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Environmental conditions Periodicals |
United States Atlantic Coast |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Periodico |
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UNINA9910716713303321 |
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Titolo |
Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas / / National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : Forest Service, , 1988 |
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Edizione |
[[1988 rev. ed. ].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 map) : color |
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Soggetti |
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Maps. |
Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.) Maps |
Texas Big Thicket National Preserve |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale cartografico a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"*GPO: 1988--201-941/80121. Reprint 1988." |
"Official map and guide." |
Includes location map. |
Text, color illustrations, and location map on verso. |
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