Paradoxes of prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : wealth-seeking versus Christian values in pre-Civil War America / / Lorman A. Ratner, Paula T. Kaufman, and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr

• Autore: Ratner Lorman
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 071.309034
• Soggetto topico: Journalism - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; American newspapers - History - 19th century; American periodicals - History - 19th century; Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century; Publishers and publishing - United States - History - 19th century; Wealth - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Ethics - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs 1783-1865; United States Intellectual life 1783-1865; United States Moral conditions
• Altri autori: KaufmanPaula T TeeterDwight L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-142) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Communicating the prosperity-morality paradox during the mid-nineteenth-century publishing boom -- New York's newspaper giants during the anxious 1850's -- Two newspapers, south and west -- Harper's magazine and the Southern literary messenger : self-styled guardians of the republic -- Godey's lady's book : the guide for middle-class women -- Merchant magazines : the businessman's guide and conscience -- Women writers : defending the Christian republic -- Male writers : wrestling with the marketplace -- Past times and faraway places.
• Titolo autorizzato: Paradoxes of prosperity
• ISBN: 1-283-58295-3; 9786613895400; 0-252-09222-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785755203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II