| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 353 pages) : illustrations |
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Part One: Moral Reform in the Past -- Principles and Intentions: Why Moral Reform was Undertaken -- The Virtues Taught by the Moral Reformers -- Diligence and its Difficulties -- Sobriety and Success -- Slavation through Saving? -- Family Values: More Than Just a Footnote -- Knowledge as Virtue: Why Moral Reform Could be Implemented -- Why Moral Reform was Hard to Achieve -- Part Two: The Critique and Rejection of Moral Reform -- The Decline of Laissez-Faire and the Critique of Moral Reform -- Introduction -- Jane Addams: The Compassionate Critique of the Industrial Virtues -- Walter Rauschenbusch: The Christian Critique of Prudence -- The Rejection of Moral Reform -- Part Three: The Contemporary Prospects for Moral Reform -- African Americans, Irish Americans, and Moral Reform: Historical Considerations -- The Contemporary Climate for Moral Reform -- The Contemporary Practice of Moral Reform: Urban Ministries, Public Policy, and the Promotion of Virtue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- United States -- History
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Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Urban poor
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Armoede.
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Steden.
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Morele ontwikkeling.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00027603 |
| ISBN |
0253108977 |
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9780253108975 |
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