Juke Box Britain

British teenagers witnessed immense cultural change in the period following the second world war. There were less than 100 juke boxes in Britain in 1945 and over 15,000 by 1958. Over the same period there was a similar unprecedented expansion of casual youth venues in the form of cafes, snack, milk and coffee bars where young people could hear the sounds of hot American jazz and rock 'n' roll. It has been a common assumption among academics and cultural historians alike that British youth between 1945 and 1960 underwent a period of massive 'Americanisation'. Juke Box Britain contests this view maintaining that American popular-cultural influences were not examples of cultural domination but simply influences that combined with existing styles to create distinctly British style fusions. Juke Box Britain is suitable for students of cultural, social and design histories as well as cultural studies and provides fascinating reading for youth culture and juke box enthusiasts.

ISBN 0719079071   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780719079078 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 522 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Series title Studies in Popular Culture Publication date 01 Apr 2009   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress DA589.4   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 941.0855   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Undergraduate

		List of plates
		List of figures
		Introduction		1
1		Context: British acceptance and resistance to American popular culture before 1945		14
I		Music and dance		14
II		Americanisation and World War II		20
III		Pre-war juke boxes		24
2		Americanisation and the post-war juke box		34
I		1945-54		34
II		1954-60		49
3		American music, juke boxes and cultural resistance		66
4		British teenagers		90
5		Spivs and Teds: changing meanings of 'rebellious' male dress styles		115
6		Cutting your coat according to your cloth: dress styles for young women after World War II		142
7		Venues: from arcade to high street		161
I		Legal implications		162
II		Venues and style		169
III		Social uses		176
		Conclusion		186
		Bibliography		196
		Index		212

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