Battleground of Desire Debra Costley Fresh voices are everywhere in

Fresh voices are everywhere in this authoritative revision of the classic text

and the lasting effects that extend beyond childhood

the authors survey the interpersonal sources of chronic depression

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lagging economic growth

Battleground of Desire Debra Costley Fresh voices are everywhere inIn recent years, Peter N. Stearns has established himself as the foremost historian of American emotional life. In books on anger, jealousy, "coolness," and body image, he has mapped out the basic terrain of the American psyche. Now Stearns crowns his work of the past decade with this powerful volume, in which he reveals the fundamental dichotomy at the heart of the national character: a self indulgent hedonism and the famed American informality on