Paradoxes of prosperity : wealth-seeking versus Christian values in pre-Civil War America /
Ratner, Lorman.
Paradoxes of prosperity : wealth-seeking versus Christian values in pre-Civil War America / Lorman A. Ratner, Paula T. Kaufman, and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780252092220
2019718610
015336618 Uk
Journalism--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
American newspapers--History--19th century.
American periodicals--History--19th century.
Books and reading--History--United States--19th century.
Publishers and publishing--History--United States--19th century.
Wealth--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Ethics--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4864 / .P373 2009
Paradoxes of prosperity : wealth-seeking versus Christian values in pre-Civil War America / Lorman A. Ratner, Paula T. Kaufman, and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780252092220
2019718610
015336618 Uk
Journalism--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
American newspapers--History--19th century.
American periodicals--History--19th century.
Books and reading--History--United States--19th century.
Publishers and publishing--History--United States--19th century.
Wealth--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Ethics--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4864 / .P373 2009