| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"An investigation into the concept of character, an enduring human obsession in literature, psychology, politics, and everyday life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Testing it: politics, sports, celebrity -- Teaching it: tales out of school -- Claiming it: the idea of national character -- Reading it: the rise and fall, and (un)surprising return of phrenology -- Naming it: psychoanalysis, psychology, and the emergence of "personality" -- Seeing it: art, physiognomy, photography, gesture, science -- Character types: Greeks, geeks, nerds - and little miss hug -- The difference gender makes: mettle, spunk, and the right stuff. |
| Subject |
Character -- History.
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Character. (OCoLC)fst00852264
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780374120856 (hardcover) |
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0374120854 |
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