The fear of sinking : the American success formula in the Gilded Age / Paulette D. Kilmer

Object Details

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1996

[1996]

19th century

1865-1918

Author

Kilmer, Paulette D. 1949-

Type

Books

Physical description

xvi, 230 p. ; 24 cm

Place

United States

Topic

Success in popular culture--History

Social life and customs

Record ID

siris_sil_507433

Usage

CC0