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UNINA9910464096003321 |
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Titolo |
Merchants, barons, sellers and suits [[electronic resource] ] : the changing images of the businessman through literature / / edited by Christa Mahalik |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-14149-3 |
1-4438-2462-3 |
9786613141491 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Businessmen in literature |
Business in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A GENTLEMAN'S BUSINESS; CATCHING THE ELUSIVE CONSUMER; THE SOI-DISANT HERO'S SUICIDE; THE CONSUMED CONSUMER; SHYLOCK AS THE AMERICAN CAPITALIST; REVISING REPUTATIONS; FROM OPTIMISM TO ENNUI; 'BUT HE AINT NEVER BIN SEEN!'; STOCK CHARACTERS; THE WALL STREET BUSINESSMAN GOES METROSEXUAL; THE WORK OF LITERATURE IN THE AGE OF THE OFFICE; DENMARK INC; SURVIVING THE ECONOMY; THE LIMITS OF POPULAR REPRESENTATION; THE DADDY ANTIDOTE; CONTRIBUTORS |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Merchants, Barons, Sellers and Suits: The Changing Images of the Businessman through Literature originally began as a conversation about a hybrid course at Quinnipiac University. Its purpose was to take an online English course for non-traditional business majors and create a theme that would be relevant to the business world. Being given the task to create this course from the ground up was exciting and intriguing. There turned out to be a lot more material that could be used for this theme ... |
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