Character Is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America - Judy Hilkey - Books - The University of North Carolina Press - 9780807846582 - September 29, 1997
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Character Is Capital: Success Manuals and Manhood in Gilded Age America New edition

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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.


272 pages, 17 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 29, 1997
ISBN13 9780807846582
Publishers The University of North Carolina Press
Pages 224
Dimensions 156 × 235 × 17 mm   ·   362 g
Language English  

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