Paradoxes of prosperity
Subtitle: wealth-seeking in pre-Civil War America
By: Lorman A. Ratner, Paula T. Kaufman, and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr.
Contributors: Kaufman, Paula T.; Teeter, Dwight L.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252034534
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communicating the prosperity-morality paradox during the mid-nineteenth-century publishing boom; title: New York's newspaper giants during the anxious 1850s; title: Two newspapers, south and west; title: Harper's magazine and the Southern literary messenger : self-styled guardians of the republic; title: Godey's lady's book : the guide for middle-class women; title: Merchant magazines : the businessman's guide and conscience; title: Women writers : defending the Christian republic; title: Male writers : wrestling with the marketplace; title: Past times and faraway places.