Age and Generation introduces students to the main sociological and anthropological issues surrounding this topic, from childhood to old age, and focuses, in particular, on youth culture.

Chapter 1 Age and generation; Chapter 2 The social construction of childhood and youth; Chapter 3 Working-class youth subcultures; Chapter 4 Black youth; Chapter 5 Middle-class youth subcultures: the 1960s; Chapter 6 A future for youth?; Chapter 7 Adulthood (young adults, the middle-aged, and the elderly);