Home Economics Domestic Fraud in Victorian England / Rebecca Stern.
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TextPublisher: Ohio State University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : illISBN: 9780814272008; 0814272002Subject(s): 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 literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 820.9/355 LOC classification: PR468.F72 | S74 2008Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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