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Adolescent boys of East London
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Title
Adolescent boys of East London / Peter Willmott.
ISBN
1000813649
1000813800
1003345344
9781000813647
9781000813807
9781003345343
1032384913
9781032384917
Publication
Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 21st, 2024).
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Peter Willmott
Summary
Originally published in 1966, this is a sociological study of boys growing up in East London. Previous books from the Institute of Community Studies had looked at the lives of other residents of Bethnal Green - couples with young children, middle-aged Mums', old people, widows. Now the subject is adolescent boys - a study of them not in isolation nor primarily as a problem' group but as young people moving between childhood and adulthood in the setting of a particular local community. What is it like to grow up in a district like Bethnal Green? How do the boys adjust to the process? What part is played by school, work, youth club, family? What are the boys' relationships with their fellows and with girls? Where does delinquency fit in? To help answer such questions, a sample of 246 boys aged 14 to 20 were interviewed. The statistical analysis of this survey has been supplemented by illustrative material from diaries, tape-recorded interviews, and informal observation. The outcome is a vivid account, much of it in the boys' own words, which was rather different from some popular views of contemporary adolescence at the time. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge library editions. The adolescent
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
<P>Introduction 1. The District and the Boys 2. The Fraternities of the Street 3. Girls, Sex and Marriage 4. Family and Kinship 5. School 6. Work 7. Youth Clubs 8. Delinquency 9. In Conclusion
Growing up in a Working-Class Community. Appendices: (1) Methods of Research (2) Interview Schedule and Interviewers' Instructions (3) Diary Instructions and Sample Diary (4) Classifying Boys into 'Types' (5) List of References. Index.</P>
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