Mean streets: Chicago youths and the everyday struggle for empowerment in the multiracial city, 1908-1969

Bringing youths into the frame -- The generation of 1919 -- Between school and work in the interwar years -- Hoodlums and Zoot-Suiters : fear, youth, and militancy during wartime -- Angry young men : race, class, and masculinity in the postwar years -- Teenage terrorism, fighting gangs, and collecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diamond, Andrew J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] University of California Press 2009
In: American crossroads (27)
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3829
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Keywords:
Chicago, Ill. > Jugendbande > Straßenkriminalität > Ethnische Identität > Geschichte 1908-1969
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
Group Identity > Illinois > Chicago
Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
Juvenile Delinquency > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
Social Integration > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
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Summary:Bringing youths into the frame -- The generation of 1919 -- Between school and work in the interwar years -- Hoodlums and Zoot-Suiters : fear, youth, and militancy during wartime -- Angry young men : race, class, and masculinity in the postwar years -- Teenage terrorism, fighting gangs, and collective action in the era of civil rights -- Youth and power -- Somewhere over the rainbow
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIII, 396 S Ill., Kt 23cm
ISBN:9780520257238
9780520257474