1st Edition

Adolescent Boys of East London

By Peter Willmott Copyright 1966
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1966, this is a sociological study of boys growing up in East London. Previous books from the Institute of Community Studies had looked at the lives of other residents of Bethnal Green – couples with young children, middle-aged ‘Mums’, old people, widows. Now the subject is adolescent boys – a study of them not in isolation nor primarily as a ‘problem’ group but as young... Read more

Introduction  1. The District and the Boys  2. The Fraternities of the Street  3. Girls, Sex and Marriage  4. Family and Kinship  5. School  6. Work  7. Youth Clubs  8. Delinquency  9. In Conclusion – Growing up in a Working-Class Community.  Appendices:  (1) Methods of Research  (2) Interview Schedule and Interviewers’ Instructions  (3) Diary Instructions and Sample Diary  (4) Classifying Boys into ‘Types’  (5) List of References.  Index.

Biography

Peter Willmott