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Home Economics Domestic Fraud in Victorian England / Rebecca Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Rebecca.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fraud--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Fraud in popular culture.
- Capitalism in literature.
- Swindlers and swindling in literature.
- Home economics in literature.
- Popular literature--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Fraud in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Fraud at home : the private life of capitalism
- Genre trouble : the Tichborne claimant, popular narrative, and the dangerous pleasures of domestic fraud
- Brinks jobs : servants, thresholds, and portable property
- Dangerous provisions: Victorian food fraud
- Speculating on marriage : fraud, narrative, and the business of Victorian wedlock
- Conclusion. Child rearing, time bargains, and the modern life of fraud.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
- OCLC:
- 1228476134
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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