The American Teenager
Nonfiction work
By: H.H. Remmers and D.H. Radler
Date: 1957
Source: Remmers, H.H., and D.H. Radler. The American Teenager. New York: Charter Books, 1957, 16–17, 40–41, 44–46, 66–67.
About the Authors: H.H. Remmers (1892–1969) received his Ph.D. from Iowa in 1927. He taught psychology at Purdue from 1923 to 1963. He founded the Purdue Opinion Panel in 1940. He served on the advisory committee on research to U.S. Commissioner of Education from 1955 to 1958.
Donald H. Radler (1926–) was educated at Kenyon College and the University of Chicago. He wrote four books and over 100 articles, as well as television and film scripts.
Introduction
Before the twentieth century, working class families and farm families comprised two age groups—those too young to work and workers. Those who went to school were often let out much earlier in the year...
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