Paying attention to youth culture

by Charles R. Foster in the December 9, 1998 issue

By Josephine A. Long and Carl I. Fertman, Youth Leadership: A Guide to Understanding Leadership Development in Adolescents. (Jossey Bass, 243 pp.)

By William Finnegan, Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country. (Random House, 481 pp.)

By Tom Beaudoin, Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X. (Jossey Bass, 210 pp.)

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