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ONE OF DAVID BOWIE''S TOP 100 MUST READ BOOKS
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE 2013 DOCUMENTARY FILM TEENAGE
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR

The acclaimed history of the century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of the teenager' in 1945, from award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage.

''One of Britain''s most trusted cultural historians.''
THE FACE

Ringing with music, from ragtime to swing, Teenage roams London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches; explores free love and eternal youth; meets flappers and zootsuiters, the Bright Young People and the Lost Generation. The stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving; Savage fuses popular culture, politics and social history into a stunning chronicle of modern life.

''Compulsive reading . . . a rich, rewarding book that makes an important contribution to cultural histo

Teenage

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 3 June 2021
      ISBN-13 9780571366774
      978-0571366774
      ISBN-10 0571366775
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      History Social and cultural history Politics, Philosophy & Society Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ONE OF DAVID BOWIE''S TOP 100 MUST READ BOOKS
      THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE 2013 DOCUMENTARY FILM TEENAGE
      WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR

      The acclaimed history of the century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of the teenager' in 1945, from award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage.

      ''One of Britain''s most trusted cultural historians.''
      THE FACE

      Ringing with music, from ragtime to swing, Teenage roams London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches; explores free love and eternal youth; meets flappers and zootsuiters, the Bright Young People and the Lost Generation. The stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving; Savage fuses popular culture, politics and social history into a stunning chronicle of modern life.

      ''Compulsive reading . . . a rich, rewarding book that makes an important contribution to cultural histo

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