American Cool

  • American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-century Emotional Style
    American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-century Emotional Style
    By Peter N. Stearns

    In 1934 Henry Morton Robinson launched Esquire's new emotional foray with an article on the " Brave New Love . " Robinson , a former Columbia University professor and board member for Reader's Digest , saw himself in the front line of a ...

  • American Cool
    American Cool
    By Susan DiPlacido

    “Heart,” I snort. ... No guts, no glory. ... Heart my ass. She's just crass and ballsy, that's all. Worse, when her girlfriend, sweet little Cathy, got in the box, Annie shut it right off and went after her like a demon.

  • American Cool
    American Cool
    By Frank Henry Goodyear, Joel Dinerstein

    Exploring cultural icons, this volume encourages readers to find new meaning and depth in the idea of American cool.

  • American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
    American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
    By Peter N. Stearns

    How was Victorian culture, seemingly so ensconced, replaced with the current emotional status quo? From whence came American Cool? These are the questions Peter Stearns seeks to answer in this timely and engaging volume.

  • American Cool
    American Cool
    By Gary Every

    American Cool

  • American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
    American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style
    By Peter N. Stearns

    ... Sweet Songs for Gentle Americans : The Parlour Song in America , 1790-1860 ( Bowling Green , Ohio , 1980 ) , 134 ; “ Literary publications developed a near obsession with the grave , " writes Lewis O. Saum in " The Popular Mood of Pre ...