Home Economics
Stern, Rebecca.
Home Economics Domestic Fraud in Victorian England / Rebecca Stern. - 1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
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.
Open Access
9780814272008 0814272002
Fraud--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Fraud in popular culture.
Capitalism in literature.
Swindlers and swindling in literature.
Home economics in literature.
Popular literature--History and criticism.--Great Britain
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Fraud in literature.
Electronic books.
PR468.F72 / S74 2008
820.9/355
Home Economics Domestic Fraud in Victorian England / Rebecca Stern. - 1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
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.
Open Access
9780814272008 0814272002
Fraud--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Fraud in popular culture.
Capitalism in literature.
Swindlers and swindling in literature.
Home economics in literature.
Popular literature--History and criticism.--Great Britain
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Fraud in literature.
Electronic books.
PR468.F72 / S74 2008
820.9/355