Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century / edited by Richard Ivan Jobs, David M. Pomfret.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jobs, Richard Ivan, editor.

Pomfret, David M., 1973- editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--History--20th century.

Youth.

Youth--History--20th century--Cross-cultural studies.

History.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 333 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century examines the emergence of youth and young people as a central historical force in the global history of the twentieth century. Each of the chapters considers the activities of young people from a transnational perspective, emphasizing their agency in the development of global interconnectedness by focusing on a variety of case studies. From backpacking in Europe to political activism in Africa, from Malaysian scouting for girls to Franco-Maghribi music, from Argentine Zionism student led demonstrations in China, the young used a variety of practices and behaviors to engage with the world. This collection is unique in that it analyzes not only the effect of transnationality on youth but also how youth shaped transnationality. It reveals the activities, mobilities, and identities of the young to be a central component of globalization. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Activities

1 Youth and Rural Modernity in Japan, 1900s-20s / Sayaka Chatani Chatani, Sayaka 23

2 Boy Scouts under the Aztec Sun: Mexican Youth and the Transnational Construction of Identity, 1917-40 / Elena Jackson Albarrán Albarrán, Elena Jackson 45

3 'These Heroic Days': Marxist Internationalism, Masculinity, and Young British Scientists, 1930s-40s / Heather Ellis Ellis, Heather 70

4 'A Malayan Girlhood on Parade': Colonial Femininities, Transnational Mobilities, and the Girl Guide Movement in British Malaya / Jialin Christina Wu Wu, Jialin Christina 92

Part II Mobilities

5 'Colonial Circulations': Vietnamese Youth, Travel, and Empire, 1919-40 / David M. Pomfret Pomfret, David M. 115

6 Youth Mobility and the Making of Europe, 1945-60 / Richard Ivan Jobs Jobs, Richard Ivan 144

7 On the Revolutionary Road: Youth, Displacements, and Politics in the 'Long' Latin American Sixties / Valeria Manzano Manzano, Valeria 167

8 Movement Youth in a Global Sixties Hub: The Everyday Lives of Transnational Activists in Postcolonial Dar es Salaam / Andrew Ivaska Ivaska, Andrew 188

Part III Identities

9 'Belonging to Many Homes': Argentine Sephardi Youth in Buenos Aires and Israel, 1956-76 / Adriana M. Brodsky Brodsky, Adriana M. 213

10 Swinging across the Iron Curtain and Moscow's Summer of Love: How Western Youth Culture Went East / Juliane Fürst Fürst, Juliane 236

11 Deng's Children: Chinese 'Youth' and the 1989 Movement / Fabio Lanza Lanza, Fabio 260

12 A Transnational Generation: Franco-Maghribi Youth Culture and Musical Politics in the Late Twentieth Century / Paul A. Silverstein Silverstein, Paul A. 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781137469892

1137469897

OCLC:

898925193

Publisher Number:

99963306780