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Tables of Contents for Teenagers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
 
Introduction: ``They're Getting Older Younger''
xi
 
PART I: Adolescents
The High School Age
2
14
Advise and Consent: Building Adolescent Character
16
18
A New Deal for Youth: ``Progressive'' Education and the National Youth Administration
34
14
PART II: Bobby Soxers
Swing Shift: Bobby Soxers Take the Stage
48
14
Andy Hardy Goes to War: Soldiers, Defense Workers, ``V-Girls,'' and Zoot Suiters
62
18
Do You Know Where Your Children Are?: Juvenile Delinquency, Teen Canteens, and Democratic Solutions
80
16
PART III: Teenagers
The Advertising Age: Seventeen, Eugene Gilbert, and the Rise of the Teenage Market
96
20
Great Balls of Fire: Rhythm and Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Devil's Music
116
20
Stairway to Heaven: The Real Life Business of Rock 'n' Roll
136
18
The Perils of Prosperity: Teenage Rebels, Teenage Sex, and the Communist Menace
154
20
The Content of Their Character: Black Teenagers and Civil Rights in the South
174
16
PART IV: Adversaries
A Hard Day's Night: Beatles, Boomers, and the Bomb
190
16
Lies My Father Told Me: Berkeley, Vietnam, and the Generation Gap
206
18
Up the Down Staircase: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll
224
22
Conclusion: Back to the Future
246
15
Notes
261
38
Index
299