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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University of Warwick, UK

Micheal Neary

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Book Title: Youth, Training and the Training State
Book Subtitle: The Real History of Youth Training in the Twentieth Century
Authors: Micheal Neary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13955-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-13957-6Published: 01 January 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-13955-2Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 199
Topics: Family, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social History, Professional & Vocational Education

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Virtual Reality

The Modern Science of Training

Theory of Relativity

Excessive Reality — a Film

Science Fiction

Training Scientology

Retrospective

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