| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Fraud -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Fraud. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Fraud in popular culture.
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Fraud in popular culture. |
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Capitalism in literature.
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Capitalism in literature. |
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Swindlers and swindling in literature.
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Swindlers and swindling in literature. |
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Home economics in literature.
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Home economics in literature. |
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Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature. |
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
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Fraud in literature.
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Fraud in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780814272008 |
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0814272002 |
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9780814210901 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814210902 cloth alkaline paper |
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