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Book SynopsisStephanie Olsen is a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Centre for the History of Emotions, Berlin.
Trade ReviewOlsen’s astute, meticulously documented, and compelling account of the emergence of modern boyhood and adolescence illuminates aspects of fin-de-siécle British society that have been overlooked. It is a wonderful addition to a growing literature on youth and masculinity. -- Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London * American Historical Review *
Juvenile Nation is a timely and much-needed contribution to the history of young people ... [It] reveals a number of exciting new points of departure in the social and cultural history of late imperial Britain. * Social History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Stakeholders of Youth Chapter 2: Moral and Emotional Consensus Chapter 3: Domestic Bliss? Husband, Wife and Home Chapter 4: The Child: Father to the Man? Chapter 5: Re-casting Imperial Masculinity: Informal Education and the Empire of Domesticity Chapter 6: Storm and Stress: The ‘Invention’ of Adolescence Conclusion Bibliography Index
