The dominion of youth adolescence and the making of a modern Canada, 1920-1950

Comacchio, Cynthia R. 1957- (Author).

Summary: "The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920-1950 captures what it meant for young Canadians to inhabit this liminal stage of life within the context of a young nation caught up in the self-formation and historic transformation that would make modern Canada. Because the young at this time were seen paradoxically as both the hope of the nation and the source of its possible degeneration, new policies and institutions were developed to deal with the "problem of youth." This history considers how young Canadians made the transition to adulthood during a period that was "developmental"--Both for youth and for a nation also working toward individuation."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 1423785541 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423785545 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0889204888 (bound)
ISBN: 9780889204881 (bound)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (ix, 298 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Young Canada -- In theory : the "problem of modern youth" -- In the home : intergenerational relations -- In love : dating and mating -- At school : the culture of "modern high" -- On the job : training and earning -- At play : fads, fashions, and fun -- At the club : youth organizations -- Youth's dominion.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.