{"product_id":"american-cool-peter-n-stearns-9780814779965","title":"American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style","description":"\u003cp\u003eCool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestations, has seized a central place in our vocabulary. Where did this preoccupation with cool come from? How was Victorian culture, seemingly so ensconced, replaced with the current emotional status quo? From whence came American Cool? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are the questions Peter Stearns seeks to answer in this timely and engaging volume. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cool\u003c\/i\u003e focuses extensively on the transition decades, from the erosion of Victorianism in the 1920s to the solidification of a cool culture in the 1960s. Beyond describing the characteristics of the new directions and how they altered or amended earlier standards, the book seeks to explain why the change occurred. It then assesses some of the outcomes and longer-range consequences of this transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter N. Stearns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814779964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814779965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.97w x 0.95d","brand":"Peter N. Stearns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47199896469759,"sku":"9780814779965","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_035930dd-fd08-4af8-944b-28cfe3a6486b.jpg?v=1756785494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-cool-peter-n-stearns-9780814779965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}