By Claudia Durst Johnson

ISBN-10: 0313327491

ISBN-13: 9780313327490

Gang tradition is without doubt one of the such a lot unstable concerns to have impacted youth all through background and all over the world. through targeting the fictitious illustration of teen gangs, this paintings offers a special point of view on an all-too-real phenomenon and its many manifestations. equipped chronologically and topically, the quantity starts with a strong essay tracing the origins and advancements of stripling gangs, from the early days of the Wild West to immigration gangs in nineteenth- and 20th-century the USA and the

Twenty chapters, every one brought with a main record, totally discover the different sorts of gangs, selecting their time, position, struggles, and demographic personality. incorporated are the early gangs of recent York urban, felony gangs, Asian gangs, university gangs, African American gangs, and woman gangs. every one bankruptcy analyzes a number of works of fiction when it comes to its thematic message and the sunshine it sheds at the nature of the depicted gang scenario. The tested fiction may be of specified curiosity to scholars and educators, and contains works usually came upon on assigned interpreting lists, akin to The Chocolate War, The Outsiders, and Lord of the Flies. well known works, equivalent to Gangs of recent York, supply an historic viewpoint on early immigrant gangs, whereas proposing undying subject matters of identification struggles that resonate for youth in every single place. as well as the literary works and first records, feedback for extra titles and resources for extra details at the issues are offered.

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