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Review: Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts: Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995

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Examines how Americans' views of shyness have evolved throughout recent decades, particularly in relation to gender. The 1950s view of shyness as a womanly virtue differs greatly from modern views. As ... Read full review

Review: Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts

User Review  - Reed Business Information.

A research scientist at Berkeley's Public Health Institute, McDaniel provides a book-length treatment of her dissertation on shyness in the United States in the last half of the 20th century. She ... Read full review

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