Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts

by McDaniel, Patricia
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Series: The American social experience series Published by : New York University Press, (New York ; | London :) Physical details: viii, 215 p. : ill. Year: 2003
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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.

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