02280oam 22005534a 450 991052467040332120210915035052.0(CKB)5280000000212842(OCoLC)1228476134(MdBmJHUP)muse33653(EXLCZ)99528000000021284220070914d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHome EconomicsDomestic Fraud in Victorian England /Rebecca SternColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2008.©2008.1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : ill. ;0-8142-1090-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.Introduction. Fraud at home : the private life of capitalism -- Genre trouble : the Tichborne claimant, popular narrative, and the dangerous pleasures of domestic fraud -- Brinks jobs : servants, thresholds, and portable property -- Dangerous provisions: Victorian food fraud -- Speculating on marriage : fraud, narrative, and the business of Victorian wedlock -- Conclusion. Child rearing, time bargains, and the modern life of fraud.FraudGreat BritainHistory19th centuryFraud in popular cultureCapitalism in literatureSwindlers and swindling in literatureHome economics in literaturePopular literatureGreat BritainHistory and criticismEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismFraud in literatureElectronic books. FraudHistoryFraud in popular culture.Capitalism in literature.Swindlers and swindling in literature.Home economics in literature.Popular literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Fraud in literature.820.9/355Stern Rebecca1088317MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524670403321Home Economics2605726UNINA