The author, editor, or co-editor of more than twenty books, James Marten taught at Marquette University for thirty-six years, where is now Professor of History Emeritus. He was a founder of the Society for the History of Children and Youth and served as the Society's president from 2013-2015. He is a former editor of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth.

• The Oxford Handbook of the History of Youth Culture


• 1. Introduction: A Kaleidoscope of Youth Cultures


• James Marten


• Part I: Premodern Youth Cultures


• 2. Monastic and University Education in the Medieval and Early Modern West


• Andrew Reeves


• 3. Coming of Age in Elite Families, c. 1200-c. 1650


• Louise J. Wilkinson


• 4. Contested Territory: Non-elite Youth and Youth Culture in the Premodern West


• Adriana Benzaquén


• Part II: Shaping Modern Youth Cultures


• 5. Youth Participation in Political Violence: Comparative Cultural Constructions


• David M. Rosen


• 6. Youth Culture as a Battleground: Atlantic World Slavery and Enslaved Youth in Jamaica


• Colleen A. Vasconcellos


• 7. A "Tomboy" and a "Lady": Religion, Modernity, and Youth Culture in Twentieth-Century Zanzibar


• Corrie Decker


• 8. Industrialization: Youth at Work


• James Schmidt


• 9. Urbanization: Youth Gangs and Street Cultures


• Simon Sleight and Jasper Heeks


• 10. Gender, Agency, and Sex: Postwar European Youth and the Generation Gap


• David Niget


• Part III: Self Expression


• 11. The Power of Style: Transnational Youth (Sub)Cultures, Socialist Habitats, and the Cold War


• Juliane Fürst


• 12. Play Cultures, Social Worlds, and Youth in Familial Settings, 1700-1904


• Mary Clare Martin


• 13. Youth Culture and Indian Boarding Schools


• Kristine Alexander


• 14. Globalizing the Americas through Twentieth-Century Youth Organizations


• Elena Jackson Albarrán


• 15. Youth and Consumer Culture: Entrepreneurial Consumption


• Elizabeth Chin


• 16. Youth Cultures of Activism and Politics


• Nazan Maksudyan


• 17. Sexuality, Youth Cultures, and the Persistence of the Double Standard in the Twentieth-Century United States


• Nicholas L. Syrett


• 18. Celebrating Holidays and Instilling Values: Religion, Nationalism, and Youth Organization in Twentieth-Century Youth Culture


• Dylan Baun


• Part IV: Representations of Youth


• 19. Youth in the Visual Arts


• Ann Barrott Wicks


• 20. Transforming Rebellion into Affirmation: A History of Youth Literature and Reading Cultures


• Paul Ringel


• 21. Youth Culture on Screens Big and Small


• Helle Strandgaard Jensen and Gary Cross


• 22. Paradox and Possibility: Youth Media Culture across the Globe


• Stuart R. Poyntz


• Index

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Youth Culture features broadly contextualized historical case studies of youth cultures from around the world and over the past several centuries. Chapters focus on a wide range of issues and themes including youth agency, gender, self-expression, and the tension between community control and youthful independence.