Character is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age AmericaUNC Press Books, 1997 - 210 páginas In late nineteenth-century America, a new type of book became commonplace in millions of homes across the country. Volumes sporting such titles as The Way to Win and Onward to Fame and Fortune promised to show young men how to succeed in lif |
Índice
The Success Manual of the Gilded Age | 13 |
Success Manual Authors and Their World | 55 |
Inspiration for the Battle of Life The Possibility of Success despite Difficulty | 74 |
Success or FailureWhich? The Exigency of Success and the Efficacy of the New Industrial Order | 86 |
Choosing a Calling Old and New in the World of Work | 100 |
Character Is Capital The Moral Definition of a New Middle Class | 126 |
Manhood Is Everything The Masculinization and Democratization of Success | 142 |
Conclusion Beyond Success | 166 |
NOTES | 171 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 195 |
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Character Is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America Judy Hilkey Pré-visualização limitada - 2000 |
Character is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America Judy Arlene Hilkey Visualização de excertos - 1997 |
Character is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America Judy Arlene Hilkey Visualização de excertos - 1997 |
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