Battleground of Desire The Struggle for Self -Control in Modern America |
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| Author:
| Stearns, Peter N. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-8128-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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In recent years, Peter N. Stearns has established himself as a historian of American emotional life. Now Stearns reveals the dichotomy at the heart of the national character: a self-indulgent hedonism and the famed American informality on the one hand, and a repressiveness on the other.
In recent years, Peter N. Stearns has established himself as a historian of American emotional life. Now Stearns reveals the dichotomy at the heart of the national character: a self-indulgent hedonism and the famed American informality on the one hand, and a repressiveness on the other.