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Referenced as a 'brilliant book' about the history of teenagers, starting in the late Victorian period. The host notes Savage also wrote a definitive book on punk and the Sex Pistols. The book traces the prehistory of the teenager over about 70 years before the term was coined in 1944.

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Referenced during discussion of Billy Bunter stories and their influence on working class children in early 20th century Britain. The book discusses how popular boys' stories were consumed by people outside the private school world.

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Referenced as 'Kingsley Amis's memoirs' (spelled 'Amos' in transcript). Discussed in the context of Amis having arguments with his father about jazz music in 1930s South London, illustrating early generational conflict over youth culture.

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Referenced as 'a very famous account by a girl called Melita Mashman' about her experience as a young girl in Berlin in January 1933, watching Hitler's torch-lit parade and being swept up in teenage idealism for the Nazi movement.