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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Bashfulness--History. Bashfulness--Social aspects--United States.