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The fear of sinking : the American success formula in the Gilded Age
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The fear of sinking : the American success formula in the Gilded Age / Paulette D. Kilmer.
ISBN
0870499394 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
Physical Description
xvi, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : passing through the eye of the needle
News and fiction : prescriptions for living
The magic formulas of the people's pr ess
"Book soap" : clean thoughts for clean folks
The fear of sinking
Why children read success tales
Biography
truth or legend? - - The repulsive fascination of fires
Fantastic reality and realistic fantasy
Epilogue : the inevitability of sinking
success in the nineties.
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