Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z
Adulthood has a history. This book explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain and the United States from 1350 to the present day through eleven case studies. Ideas of adulthood are currently under intense scrutiny, as individuals increasingly reach midlife without necessari...
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| description | Adulthood has a history. This book explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain and the United States from 1350 to the present day through eleven case studies. Ideas of adulthood are currently under intense scrutiny, as individuals increasingly reach midlife without necessarily acquiring the 'traditional' markers of maturity. Yet this volume shows that this is not a uniquely turbulent period, and it does not represent the overturning of norms that were previously settled and unquestioned. Expectations for adults have altered over time, just as other age-categories such as childhood, adolescence and old age have been shaped by their cultural and social context. In historicising adulthood, this collection is the first to employ adulthood as a category of historical analysis, arguing that consideration of age is crucial for all scholarship that addresses power and inequality. Collectively, the authors explore four key ideas: adulthood as both burden and benefit; adulthood as a relational category; collective versus individual definitions of adulthood; and adulthood as a static definition. The book also engages with the intersectional identities of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, and how these affect understandings of adulthood: who gets to be an adult, and who decides? |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1614032026-06-15T05:21:37Z Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z Cannon, Maria adulthood childhood adolescence old age ageing chronological age life course life-cycle thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP3 Age groups: adults thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KB North America (USA and Canada) thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain Adulthood has a history. This book explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain and the United States from 1350 to the present day through eleven case studies. Ideas of adulthood are currently under intense scrutiny, as individuals increasingly reach midlife without necessarily acquiring the 'traditional' markers of maturity. Yet this volume shows that this is not a uniquely turbulent period, and it does not represent the overturning of norms that were previously settled and unquestioned. Expectations for adults have altered over time, just as other age-categories such as childhood, adolescence and old age have been shaped by their cultural and social context. In historicising adulthood, this collection is the first to employ adulthood as a category of historical analysis, arguing that consideration of age is crucial for all scholarship that addresses power and inequality. Collectively, the authors explore four key ideas: adulthood as both burden and benefit; adulthood as a relational category; collective versus individual definitions of adulthood; and adulthood as a static definition. The book also engages with the intersectional identities of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, and how these affect understandings of adulthood: who gets to be an adult, and who decides? 2025-06-17T05:01:14Z 2025-06-17T05:01:14Z 2025-06-16T08:22:16Z 2024 book ONIX_20250616T100726_9781908590848_8 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103647 9781908590848 9781908590831 9781908590824 9781915249845 9781908590855 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161403 eng 0103ed61-65b5-4cf3-934e-406dd1c30477 New Historical Perspectives open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103647/1/9781908590848.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103647/1/9781908590848.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103647/1/9781908590848.pdf University of London Press University of London Press 10.14296/tpsq9748 10.14296/tpsq9748 3fae60e1-9f6a-42ab-a7ee-73df8c57b4f2 9781908590848 9781908590831 9781908590824 9781915249845 9781908590855 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 University of London Press 290 London open access |
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| title | Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z |
| title_full | Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z |
| title_fullStr | Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z |
| title_short | Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z |
| title_sort | adulthood in britain and the united states from 1350 to generation z |
| topic | adulthood childhood adolescence old age ageing chronological age life course life-cycle thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP3 Age groups: adults thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KB North America (USA and Canada) thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain |
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