The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920-1950

by Cynthia Comacchio

Book Overview

Adolescence, like childhood, is more than a biologically defined life stage: it is also a sociohistorical construction. The meaning and experience of adolescence are reformulated according to societal needs, evolving scientific precepts, and national aspirations relative to historic conditions. Although adolescence was by no means a "discovery" of the early twentieth century, it did assume an identifiably modern form during the years between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554581516
• ISBN13: 9781554581511
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"