Images of Youth : Age, Class, and the Male Youth Problem 1880-1920 (Hardcover)

List of tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The broad context: Efficiency, labour, and politics; Aspects of the juvenile labour market 1900-1914; Part II: Defining the problem: Work, adolescence, and personality: The boy labour problem: the economic critique; Social science and working-class `adolescence': from idea to social fact; The boy labour problem: the social critique; Part III: Solving the problem: philanthropy, collectivism, and class: Youth organizations: organizing boys and `making men'; Rites of passage: origins of the youth employment service; Day continuation schools: creating the adaptable and efficient citizen; Conclusion; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index