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European Cities, Youth and the Public Sphere in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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European Cities, Youth and the Public Sphere in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Series: Historical Urban Studies Series
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The late nineteenth century witnessed unprecedented levels of urban
growth as migration swelled the population of European cities to
new heights. The resulting problems of overcrowding and inadequate
civic utilities prompted the governing elites to look for new
planning solutions to address the needs of an increasingly
urbanised society. At the same time young people were also
increasingly recognised as being adversely affected, both
politically and morally, by the on-going process of urbanization.
Church groups, civic authorities, middle-class reformers and
political movements all tried to steer youth toward their own
concept of respectable behaviour, concepts that often tended to
share many similarities in their paternalistic emphasis upon social
discipline. This volume directly addresses the confluence of these
issues, the point at which the city government, youth and public
space meet and the resulting problems and tensions that were often
created. Whether it be the corruption of the rural youth flooding
into the cities at the beginning of the twentieth century, battles
between Hitler Youth and working-class gangs in Nazi Germany,
hooliganism in 1950s Hungary or the appropriation of, or withdrawal
from, public spaces by youths in more recent times, all the
chapters in this book explore ways in which authorities and adult
groups have sought to control young people, both directly and
indirectly. Drawing on a broad selection of methods and
disciplines, a wide variety of case studies from across Europe are
used to investigate the interactions between youth and authority,
and show how these adapted and changed over time and in different
countries. By taking a fresh look at these issues within a
comparative framework, this volume furthers our understanding of
modern European society during the twentieth century.
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