Title Battleground of desire : the struggle for self-control in modern America / Peter N. Stearns.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [1999]
	©1999

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E169.12 .S82 1999	Available	---

Description	xiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-426) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Issues -- ch. 1. Heart of the matter -- ch. 2. Models and guidelines -- pt. 2. Victorian legacy and the beginnings of change -- ch. 3. Victorian style -- ch. 4. Transitions -- ch. 5. Causation -- pt. 3. Twentieth-century standards -- ch. 6. New combinations -- ch. 7. Sexuality -- ch. 8. Body and health -- ch. 9. Addiction and disease -- pt. 4. Conclusions and suggestions -- ch. 10. Conclusions -- ch. 11. Agenda for evaluation and change.
Subject	United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	United States.
	Manners and customs.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Self-control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Self-control.
	History.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Self-control -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
	Self-control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Self-control -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN	0814781284 acid-free paper