The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager

<p>In the groundbreaking work Thomas Hine examines the American teenager as a social invention shaped by the needs of the twentieth century. With intelligence insight imagination and humorm he traces the culture of youth in America-from the spiritual trials of young Puritans and the vision quests of Native Americans to the media-blitzed consumerism of contempory thirteen-to-nineteen -year-olds. The resulting study is a glorious appreciation of youth that challenges us to confront our sterotypesm rethink our expectations and consider anew the lives of those individuals who are blessing our bane and our future.</p>