Mark Twain and money language, capital, and culture / edited by Henry B. Wonham and Lawrence Howe.

Other author Wonham, Henry B., 1960- editor.
Other author Howe, Lawrence, 1952- editor.
Format Book
PublicationTuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Description271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Knowledge. --Economics.
Economics in literature.

SeriesStudies in American literary realism and naturalism
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. ^A445115
Contents Narrating the Tennessee land : real property, fictional land, and Mark Twain's literary enterprise / Lawrence Howe -- Brand management : Samuel Clemens, trademarks, and the Mark Twain enterprise / Judith Yaross Lee -- "Society's very choicest brands" : Hank Morgan's brand magic in Camelot / Mark Schiebe -- The quality (and cost) of mercy : Mark Twain's evasion of the poor / Ann M. Ryan -- The robber barons' fool? : Mark Twain and the four Ps of patronage / Gregg Camfield -- "These hideous times" : Mark Twain's bankruptcy and the panic of 1893 / Joseph Csicsila -- "Drop sentiment, and come down to business" : debt and the disintegration of "manly" character in "Indiantown" and "which was i?" / Susanne Weil -- The pain economy : Mark Twain's masochistic understanding of pain / M. Christine Benner Dixon -- Minstrel economics : Mark Twain, the San Francisco minstrels, and folk investment in the American dream / Sharon D. McCoy -- "A house of cards" : fictitious capital and the gilded age / Jonathan Hayes -- "By and by I was smitten with the silver fever" : literary veins in roughing it / Jeffrey W. Miller -- The art of arbitrage : reimagining Mark Twain, business man / Henry B. Wonham.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2017001116
ISBN9780817319441 hardcover
ISBN0817319441 hardcover
ISBNe book
Standard identifier# 40027346511

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS1342 .E25 M37 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold