Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts
McDaniel, Patricia
Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts shyness, power, and intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 / [electronic resource] : Patricia A. McDaniel. - New York ; London : New York University Press, c2003. - viii, 215 p. : ill. - The American social experience series . - American social experience series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bashfulness--History.
Bashfulness--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
BF575.B3 / M34 2003eb
155.2/32
Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts shyness, power, and intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 / [electronic resource] : Patricia A. McDaniel. - New York ; London : New York University Press, c2003. - viii, 215 p. : ill. - The American social experience series . - American social experience series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bashfulness--History.
Bashfulness--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
BF575.B3 / M34 2003eb
155.2/32