Fighting poverty with virtue
| Titel: | Fighting poverty with virtue : moral reform and America's urban poor, 1825-2000 / Joel Schwartz |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Bloomington [u.a.] : Indiana Univ. Press, 2000 |
| Umfang: | XXII, 353 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| RVK-Notation: | Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2002. - Online-Ressource. |
| ISBN: | 0253108977 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780253108975 (Sekundärausgabe) |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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- Preliminary Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What Moral Reform Is, and Why It's Important
- Part 1
- Moral Reform in the Past
- Chapter 1
- Principles and Intentions: Why Moral Reform was Undertaken
- Chapter 2
- The Virtues Taught by the Moral Reformers
- A
- Diligence and its Difficulties
- B
- Sobriety and Success
- C
- Salvation through Saving?
- D
- Family Values: More than Just a Footnote
- E
- Knowledge as Virtue: Why Moral Reform Could be Implemented
- Chapter 3
- Why Moral Reform was Hard to Achieve
- Part 2
- The Critique and Rejection of Moral Reform
- Chapter 4
- The Decline of Laissez-Faire and the Critique of Moral Reform
- A
- Introduction
- B
- Jane Addams: The Compassionate Critique of the Industrial Virtues
- C
- Walter Rauschenbusch: The Christian Critique of Prudence
- Chapter 5
- The Rejection of Moral Reform
- Chapter 6
- African-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Moral Reform: Historical Considerations
- Chapter 7
- The Contemporary Climate for Moral Reform
- Chapter 8
- The Contemporary Practice of Moral Reform Urban Ministries, Public Policy, and the Promotion of Virtue
- Biographical Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
