The Oxford Handbook of the History of Youth Culture

The author, editor, or co-editor of more than twenty books, James Marten taught at Marquette University for thirty-six years, where is now Professor of History Emeritus. He was a founder of the Society for the History of Children and Youth and served as the Society's president from 2013-2015. He is a former editor of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Youth Culture

1. Introduction: A Kaleidoscope of Youth Cultures
James Marten

Part I: Premodern Youth Cultures

2. Monastic and University Education in the Medieval and Early Modern West
Andrew Reeves
3. Coming of Age in Elite Families, c. 1200-c. 1650
Louise J. Wilkinson
4. Contested Territory: Non-elite Youth and Youth Culture in the Premodern West
Adriana Benzaquén

Part II: Shaping Modern Youth Cultures

5. Youth Participation in Political Violence: Comparative Cultural Constructions
David M. Rosen
6. Youth Culture as a Battleground: Atlantic World Slavery and Enslaved Youth in Jamaica
Colleen A. Vasconcellos
7. A "Tomboy" and a "Lady": Religion, Modernity, and Youth Culture in Twentieth-Century Zanzibar
Corrie Decker
8. Industrialization: Youth at Work
James Schmidt
9. Urbanization: Youth Gangs and Street Cultures
Simon Sleight and Jasper Heeks
10. Gender, Agency, and Sex: Postwar European Youth and the Generation Gap
David Niget

Part III: Self Expression

11. The Power of Style: Transnational Youth (Sub)Cultures, Socialist Habitats, and the Cold War
Juliane Fürst
12. Play Cultures, Social Worlds, and Youth in Familial Settings, 1700-1904
Mary Clare Martin
13. Youth Culture and Indian Boarding Schools
Kristine Alexander
14. Globalizing the Americas through Twentieth-Century Youth Organizations
Elena Jackson Albarrán
15. Youth and Consumer Culture: Entrepreneurial Consumption
Elizabeth Chin
16. Youth Cultures of Activism and Politics
Nazan Maksudyan
17. Sexuality, Youth Cultures, and the Persistence of the Double Standard in the Twentieth-Century United States
Nicholas L. Syrett
18. Celebrating Holidays and Instilling Values: Religion, Nationalism, and Youth Organization in Twentieth-Century Youth Culture
Dylan Baun

Part IV: Representations of Youth

19. Youth in the Visual Arts
Ann Barrott Wicks
20. Transforming Rebellion into Affirmation: A History of Youth Literature and Reading Cultures
Paul Ringel
21. Youth Culture on Screens Big and Small
Helle Strandgaard Jensen and Gary Cross
22. Paradox and Possibility: Youth Media Culture across the Globe
Stuart R. Poyntz

Index