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

Author/creator Ratner, Lorman
Other author Kaufman, Paula T.
Other author Teeter, Dwight L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press,
Descriptionxii, 147 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
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.
United States--Social life and customs. --1783-1865.
United States--Intellectual life. --1783-1865.
United States--Moral conditions.

Contents Communicating the prosperity-morality paradox during the mid-nineteenth-century publishing boom -- New York's newspaper giants during the anxious 1850s -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [129]-142) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008047506
ISBN9780252034534 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252034538 (cloth : alk. paper)

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