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American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
Peter N. Stearns
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American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
Peter N. Stearns
This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess.
378 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 1, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780814779965 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 378 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 513 g |
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