Search Results - "Competition"

Novel Professions : Interested Disinterest and the Making of the Professional in the Victorian Novel / by Ruth, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Between labor and capital : Charlotte Brontë's The professor -- Becoming professional : time in David Copperfield -- The professional paradox : competitive examinations and Anthony Trollope's The three clerks -- Deprofessionalized critics in the twenty-first century.…”
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Manhood, Citizenship, and the National Guard : Illinoi, 1870-1917 / by Hannah, Eleanor L.

Table of Contents: “…Illinois militia revival in the 1870s -- Manhood and citizenship on display -- Confused missions: the first twenty years of strike duty, 1870-90 -- New training practices, drill competitions, and the rise of sharpshooting -- Death, manhood, and service in the Spanish American war -- Lessons learned: the ING and strike duty, 1894-1916 -- The pursuit of state and federal support.…”
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Making Furniture in Preindustrial America : The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut / by Cooke, Edward S.

Table of Contents: “…List of Tables and Charts -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Need for the Artisanal Voice (starting p. 3) -- 1 The Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1760-1820 (starting p. 13) -- 2 The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner (starting p. 33) -- 3 The Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 49) -- 4 Socioeconomic Structure in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 69) -- 5 Consumer Behavior in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 91) -- 6 Workmanship of Habit: The Furniture of Newtown (starting p. 118) -- 7 Workmanship of Competition: The Furniture of Woodbury (starting p. 151) -- Conclusion: The Response to Market Capitalism (starting p. 190) -- Appendix A: Biographies of Newtown Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 201) -- Appendix B: Biographies of Woodbury Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 217) -- Notes (starting p. 233) -- Glossary of Furniture Terms (starting p. 273) -- Note on Sources and Methods (starting p. 277) -- Index (starting p. 285)…”
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The Imagination of Class : Masculinity and the Victorian Urban Poor / by Bivona, Daniel, Henkle, Roger B.

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