Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter one. Introduction
Chapter two. The Emotional Culture of Shyness from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century
Chapter three "Build Him a Dais" Shyness and Heterosexuality from the Roles of the Fifties to The Rules of the Nineties
Chapter four. Assertive Women and Timid Men? Race, Heterosexuality, and Shyness
Chapter five. Shyness from Nine to Five
Chapter six "Intimacy Is a Difficult Art" The Changing Role of Shyness in Friendship
Chapter seven. Conclusion
Appendix A Data and Methods
Appendix B Sampled Self-Help Books, Child-Rearing Manuals, and Magazine Articles
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author