The fear of sinking : the American success formula in the Gilded Age /
| Основен автор: | Kilmer, Paulette D., 1949- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Knoxville TN :
University of Tennessee Press,
[1996]
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Съдържание:
- Introduction : passing through the eye of the needle
- News and fiction : prescriptions for living
- The magic formulas of the people's press
- "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.