Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts shyness, power, and intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 / Patricia A. McDaniel.

Author/creator McDaniel, Patricia
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionviii, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesThe American social experience series ; 40
Contents The emotional culture of shyness from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century -- "Build him a dais" : shyness and heterosexuality from the roles of the fifties to the rules of the nineties -- Assertive women and timid men? : race, heterosexuality, and shyness -- Shyness from nine to five -- "Intimacy is a difficult art" : the changing role of shyness -- In friendship.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003011890
ISBN0814756778 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814756786 (pbk. : alk. paper)