In 1945, just as the war was ending, 'the teenager' arrived. This is the story of how we got to that moment - the century and a half of ferment, folly, and angst that created a separate Teen Age in Europe and America. Jon Savage goes back to 1875 (when the first bestselling teenage memoir appeared and the first teenage mass murderer was tried), and takes us all the way through to the death of Anne Frank. In between we roam London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans, Apaches, and other gangs; explore free love with Rupert Brooke and eternal youth with Peter Pan; see commerce and advertising grab a new market and watch the relentless militarisation of youth, from the Boy Scouts to the Hitler Youth.Savage describes all ranks and kinds of people, from flappers and zootsuiters to the Bright Young Things, the unemployed and the Lost Generation. The book rings with music, from Ragtime to Swing, and the stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving. Following the endless efforts of adults to contain, channel and control youth and the ideals and rebellion of young people determined to make their own way, "Teenage" covers two world wars - one which obliterated the dreams of a romantic generation; the other which unleashed the power of America - and the teenager - on the world. This brilliant mix of wide-ranging research, fast narrative and penetrating analysis, stands entirely alone. It will startle, disturb and amaze, opening readers' eyes to a history never described before.

喬恩•薩維奇（Jon Savage 1958—） 畢業於劍橋大學，英國朋剋時代一位著名的播音員、音樂評論傢、作傢。1976年齣版名為《倫敦的憤怒》（London’s Outrage）的流行雜誌，並為當時英國三大主流音樂評論報紙之一的《聲音》（Sounds）、《The Face》等多傢媒體工作。著有作品：《時光旅行》（Time Travel）、《奇想樂隊》(The Kinks)等。1991年齣版講述朋剋文化史的《英格蘭的夢想》（England’s Dream），被贊譽為一部裏程碑式的作品。本書是喬恩2007年齣版的最新作品。