Obedient Sons
The Discourse of Youth and Generations in American Culture, 1630-1860
Glenn Wallach
University of Massachusetts Press, 2009
This work examines how the discourses surrounding "youth" and "generations" in America, from the colonial era to the eve of the Civil War, emphasized continuity rather than conflict. This invested the young with a special responsibility for building a new society that preserved traditional values
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