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

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource Series Book collections on Project MUSE 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 Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-142) and index Notes English Description based on print version record Subject 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 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. American newspapers American periodicals Books and reading Ethics Intellectual life Journalism -- Social aspects Manners and customs Moral conditions Publishers and publishing Wealth -- Social aspects SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140532 United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140365 United States -- Moral conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140383 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Kaufman, Paula T Teeter, Dwight L LC no. 2019718610 ISBN 9780252092220 0252092228 1283582953 9781283582957 9786613895400 6613895407

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