Youth Insight

Between Marx and Coca-Cola: Youth Cultures in Changing European Societies, 1960-1980

In the 1960s and 1970s, Western Europe’s “Golden Age,” a new youth consciousness emerged which gave this period its distinctive character. Offering rich, new material, this volume challenges and moves beyond the easy conflation of European youth culture and “Americanization.” It instead sets out to show, for the first time, how international developments fused with national traditions to produce specific youth cultures that then became the leading trendsetters of em… More >>

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The Raiders

This is a story about the fourth summer of the X-Raiders, a group of typical boys 12 to 14 years of age and their attempt to become men. They were forced to stretch the limits of the lines of authority imposed on them by the parents, adults in general (Biggies) and their culture. The setting is a small town in western Oklahoma in the waning years of the Second World War. A time long past when people were extremely patriotic, caring and steeped in their conservative … More >>

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The Magic Elixir of Youth and Everlasting Health

The secret to Anti-Aging, better health and longevity is as simple as drinking a glass of water. Ironically, many people still forget to do this one simple thing. We seem to take fresh drinking water for granted but for many people in the world this is a luxury. We are inundated with so many choices that it’s easy to get sidetracked and forget that the very best liquid to drink is water. There is no substitute for drinking clear, fresh water. No juice, Gatorade, soda, tea or energy drink can do what water can for your body.

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