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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-308) and index.

Prologue -- New approach to youth -- Sex and drugs before rock 'n' roll -- The phase of life recognized as 'Youth' -- Rites of passage -- Prodigal son -- Youth culture -- Holland -- heart of the Republic -- Masculinity -- Before rock 'n' roll -- 1: The Generation of the 1620s and 1630s -- Risk-taking behavior -- Marriage -- Amsterdam -- a seventeenth-century boomtown -- 2: Appearance and Clothing in the 1620s and 1630s -- Long hair -- Cavaliers -- Republic sans court culture -- Silk ribbons and metalic accessories -- Bright colors -- Calculated slovenliness -- Sumptuary rite of passage -- Extravagant clothing and the Prodigal Son -- 3: Drinking Like a Man -- Rite of passage -- Follies of youth -- Moral instruction -- Alcohol and young men from the upper and middle classes -- Honoring Bacchus -- Male bonding: cross social and economic drinking -- Alcohol and young men from the lower echelons -- 4: Violence -- Violence -- a rite of passage -- Collective socialization process -- Unequal partners -- Urban socialization process -- Violence and the lower ranks -- Rebelling against authority -- Violence and the upper and middle classes -- Loco parentis -- Armed young men -- Student violence -- a rite of passage -- Shattering glass -- Nations -- Channelled violence -- 5: Sexuality and Courting -- Sex education -- Sexual maturity -- Masturbation -- Sodomy -- Courting activities -- Courting events -- Courting space -- Premarital chastity -- Sexual deviance abroad -- 6: Drugs? -- Tobacco and the young -- Smoking -- a burning debate -- Medical discourse -- Belladonna -- 7: Recreation before Rock 'n' Roll -- Youth literature -- War -- Adventure -- Love emblem books -- Song culture in the Republic -- Religious songbooks -- Secular songbooks -- Women and songbooks -- Song culture produced by and for the young -- Arcadian songbooks -- Boat trips -- Country rides -- Merrymaking at the beach -- Boundaries for the young -- Epilogue -- Masculine role models and a national identity? -- The dark passenger of male role models.

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