Hine, Thomas, 1947-

The rise and fall of the American teenager / Cover subtitle: New history of the American adolescent experience Thomas Hine. - New York : Perennial, 1999. - viii, 322 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published by Bard in 1999. "An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-314) and index.

Are teenagers necessary? -- The teenage mystique -- Only a phase? -- Coming of age in utter confusion -- Family values -- Declarations of independence -- Young Americans -- Counting on the children -- The invention of high school -- dangerous adolescence -- Dancing daughters -- Dead end kids -- The teen age -- Boom and aftershocks -- Goths in tomorrowland -- Life after teenagers.

0380728532 (pbk.) 9780380728534 (pbk.)

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Teenagers--United States.
Adolescence--United States.
Adolecentes--Estados unidos
La adolecencia--Estados unidos.

HQ 796 / H662r 1999

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