McDaniel, Patricia <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bashfulness--History.<br/>Bashfulness--Social aspects--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF575.B3  / M34 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.2/32