UID:
almafu_9958112759802883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 353 p. )
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ill. ;
ISBN:
0-253-10897-7
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-33771-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
History.
