American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
Richly and deeply documented, this history offers readers a chance to follow an intriguing problem: Can and should emotions be suppressed? Channeled? Expressed spontaneously? A major synthesis by one of the most innovative and accomplished historians of our time. --John Burnham, Ohio State University Peter Stearns argues that twentieth-century cultural styles stunt and stifle the emotions behind a veneer of cool. With a breathtaking scholarly sweep through the development of this concept of cool, he provokes and compels us to rethink our very understanding of the American character. Without a doubt, this is the best of Stearn's work on the hi…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8147-7996-5
- EAN: 9780814779965
- Produktnummer: 19336347
- Verlag: New York Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 378 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.3 cm x D3.0 cm 581 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 581
Über den Autor
Peter N. Stearns is Provost and University Professor at George Mason University. Since 1967, he has served as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Social History. His numerous books include World History in Documents; American Behavioral History; and Anxious Parents.
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