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A review by stadkison
Teenagers: An American History by Grace Palladino, Grace Pallidino
3.0
A pretty good an enlightening early history of “teenagers” from 1900-60s. It focuses a bit too much on pop culture and music trends (epiphenomena), and too little on the underlying economic and political changes that led to these realities.
Knocked down a whole star for the awful, reactionary conclusion that seems at odds with the good history present in the rest of the book. I don’t know how, after seeing the development of teenagers in the 20th century, you’d conclude that kids these days have it too good and complain too much.
Knocked down a whole star for the awful, reactionary conclusion that seems at odds with the good history present in the rest of the book. I don’t know how, after seeing the development of teenagers in the 20th century, you’d conclude that kids these days have it too good and complain too much.