Character is capital : success manuals and manhood in Gilded Age America
Judy Arlene Hilkey (Creator)
In the late-19th century a new type of book - the success manual - became commonplace in millions of homes across America. This text argues that these books, far from offering practical advice, presented a dire picture of an uncertain new age, portraying life as a brutal struggle for survival.
Print Book, English, 1997
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1997
210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
9780807823538, 9780807846582, 0807823538, 0807846589
1038554579