The Shook-Up Generation: A Headline-Making Book by Pulitzer Prize Winner Harrison E. Salisbury on today's juvenile delinquents. (HC, 1958, first edition, $4, which is 1/3 the current internet price.)
Salisbury interviewed teenagers in the slums and in the suburbs. He also interviewed social workers, police and teachers. This is his report on the youth gang problems of the late 50s. He also tries to put the problem into historical perspective. 50 years later we are also putting his work into perspective. Is it all just hype, just fears that rock-and -roll will ruin the world? Or were the violence and racism of the time a real threat to society? Read and ponder not just its message then, but also its message for today. Look for this book in the sociology section, avail. 10/19.
