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Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self -Control in Modern America Peter N. Stearns
Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self -Control in Modern America
Peter N. Stearns
The author of this book seeks to reveal what he considers a fundamental dichotomy at the heart of the American national character: a self-indulgent hedonism and the famed American informality on the one hand, and a deeply imbedded repressiveness on the other.
400 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 1, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780814781289 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 400 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 40 mm · 780 g |
| Language | English |
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