Violets 9781558612907, 9781558612914, 1558612904

Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness 9780300227956

A deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the ev

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Gesneriads: African Violets, Gloxinias, Streptocarpus and Others 9780995435681

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Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts: Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 9780814759936

Since World War II Americans’ attitudes towards shyness have changed. The women’s movement and the sexual revolution rai

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