Youth, Training and the Training State: The Real History of Youth Training in the Twentieth Century

Neary, Michael

This work uncovers the real history of modern youth, providing an explanation of its predicament that goes beyond the mainstream accounts as perpetrated by the sociology of youth. Tracing the development of training of young workers from 1814 the book reveals, for the first time, the creation by post-war legislation of the modern category of 'youth'. The book concludes that with the prevailing conditions of employment there is no longer any future for youth as 'youth'. The recent history of 'youth' is an attempt to recompose a sustainable existence for itself and society.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1997-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781349139576

ISBN-13: 9781349139576

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13955-2

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 199