Character Is Capital (ePub)
Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America
(Sprache: Englisch)
In late nineteenth-century America, a new type of book became commonplace in millions of homes across the country. Volumes sporting such titles as
The Way to Win and
Onward to Fame and Fortune promised to show young men how to succeed in life. But...
The Way to Win and
Onward to Fame and Fortune promised to show young men how to succeed in life. But...
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In late nineteenth-century America, a new type of book became commonplace in millions of homes across the country. Volumes sporting such titles as
The Way to Win and
Onward to Fame and Fortune promised to show young men how to succeed in life. But despite their upbeat titles, success manuals offered neither practical business advice nor a simple celebration of the American Dream. Instead, as Judy Hilkey reveals, they presented a dire picture of an uncertain new age, portraying life in the newly industrialized nation as a brutal struggle for survival, but arguing that adherence to old-fashioned virtues enabled any determined man to succeed. Hilkey offers a cultural history of success manuals and the industry that produced and marketed them. She examines the books' appearance, iconography, and intended audience--primarily native-born, rural and small-town men of modest means and education--and explores the genre's use of gendered language to equate manhood with success, femininity with failure. Ultimately, argues Hilkey, by articulating a worldview that helped legitimate the new social order to those most threatened by it, success manuals urged readers to accommodate themselves to the demands of life in the industrial age.
The Way to Win and
Onward to Fame and Fortune promised to show young men how to succeed in life. But despite their upbeat titles, success manuals offered neither practical business advice nor a simple celebration of the American Dream. Instead, as Judy Hilkey reveals, they presented a dire picture of an uncertain new age, portraying life in the newly industrialized nation as a brutal struggle for survival, but arguing that adherence to old-fashioned virtues enabled any determined man to succeed. Hilkey offers a cultural history of success manuals and the industry that produced and marketed them. She examines the books' appearance, iconography, and intended audience--primarily native-born, rural and small-town men of modest means and education--and explores the genre's use of gendered language to equate manhood with success, femininity with failure. Ultimately, argues Hilkey, by articulating a worldview that helped legitimate the new social order to those most threatened by it, success manuals urged readers to accommodate themselves to the demands of life in the industrial age.
Autoren-Porträt von Judy Hilkey
Judy Hilkey, who holds a Ph.D. in history, is senior counselor at the Center for Worker Education, City College of New York, CUNY.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Judy Hilkey
- 2000, 224 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- ISBN-10: 0807862037
- ISBN-13: 9780807862032
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2000
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