Americanisation and Youth Culture Project

Papers created during Adrian Horn’s research project at Lancaster University: ‘Americanisation and Youth Culture Project: Jukeboxes and cultural fusions, with special reference to Northwest England 1945-1960’. Includes papers about how his conducted his research; memorabilia collected; participant agreements; questionnaires completed by participants; and transcripts of interviews.

Some of the materials in the collection contain personal data which we do not have permission from the data subjects to make available. In such cases the records are closed until 2084 (80 years after the completion of the project). The collection can be accessed by appointment in the Archives Research Centre. Request for access must be made at least one week in advance to ensure we are able to book your place and retrieve the requested material ahead of your visit.

Adrian Horn is novelist and Cultural Historian. Between 2001-2004, he researched a PhD at the Institute of Cultural Research at Lancaster University examining the impact of the introduction of the jukebox on British youth culture, 1945-1960. The research included collecting the memories of those who experience the boom in teenage culture after World War II.This research was published in the thesis ?Americanisation and youth culture: juke boxes and cultural fusions, with special reference to northwest England? in 2004. The research was later published as Adrian Horn (2009) Juke box Britain: Americanisation and youth culture, 1945-60. Manchester: Manchester University Press.