First published in 1966, this is a sociological study of adolescent boys growing up in East London. A study of them not in isolation nor primarily as a 'problem' group but as young people moving between childhood and adulthood in the setting of a particular local community.

First published in 1966, this is a sociological study of adolescent boys growing up in East London. A study of them not in isolation nor primarily as a 'problem' group but as young people moving between childhood and adulthood in the setting of a particular local community.