Battleground of Desire Debra Costley this edited volume blends empirical

this edited volume blends empirical research with practical strategies and recommendations for teachers

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Battleground of Desire Debra Costley this edited volume blends empiricalIn 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