附註:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 1980.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-202) and index.
1. The Success Manual of the Gilded Age -- 2. Success Manual Authors and Their World -- 3. Inspiration for the Battle of Life: The Possibility of Success despite Difficulty -- 4. Success or Failure -- Which? The Exigency of Success and the Efficacy of the New Industrial Order -- 5. Choosing a Calling: Old and New in the World of Work -- 6. Character Is Capital: The Moral Definition of a New Middle Class -- 7. Manhood Is Everything: The Masculinization and Democratization of Success -- 8. Conclusion: Beyond Success.
