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 ;  New York University Press  c2003 
 - viii, 215 p. : ill. 
 - American social experience series The American social experience series .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.  Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<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/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bashfulness - Social aspects - United States<br/>Bashfulness - History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.2/32