This volume considers the connections between large cities, the public and young people in the twentieth century. The essays present both social and cultural historical case studies from across Europe on youth culture and youth groups as well as research on public discourses about the practices of the young. The case studies include Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Stockholm, Nottingham, St Etienne, Paris, London, Vienna and Budapest.

Contents: Introduction, Axel Schildt and Detlef Siegfried; Amid the wave of youth: the Innere Mission and young German migrants in Berlin c. 1900, Bettina Hitzer; 'Lionized and toothless': young people and urban politics in England and France, 1918-40, David M. Pomfret; The subculture of young urban workers in Germany: Blasen, Meuten and EdelweiÃYpiraten in Rhineland and Westphalia, 1930-50, Alfons Kenkmann; Urban youth, National-Socialist education and specialized fun: the making of the Vienna Schlurfs, 1941-44, Alexander Mejstrik; Pubs and 'hooligans' in a socialist city in Hungary: the public sphere and youth in Stalintown, Sándor Horváth; Kids in town: the changing action space and visibility of young people in urban areas, Colin Pooley, Jean Turnbull and Mags Adams; Urban wastelands and the development of youth cultures in Berlin since 1945, with comparative perspectives on Amsterdam and Naples, Hans-Liudger Dienel and Malte Schophaus; Youth and the semi-public sphere of large-scale retail, Alexander Sedlmaier; Bibliography; Index.

Professor Axel Schildt is from the Department of History at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Dr Detlef Siegfried is from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.