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The fear of sinking : the American success formula in the Gilded Age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kilmer, Paulette D., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Success in popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.