In the Web of Class : : Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s / / Eric C. Schneider.
"An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston.[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency."-Choice"Any...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©1993 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The American Social Experience ;
10 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The Web of Class -- Part I. The Creation of Private and Public Charity -- Introduction -- 1. Moral Entrepreneurs and the Invention of the Reformable Child -- 2. Public Welfare and the Public Reformatory -- Part 2. Domestic Reform -- 3. Private Alternatives to the Asylum -- 4. Domestic Reform and the Delinquent Girl -- 5. Domestic Reform and the State Reform School for Boys -- Part 3. The Organization of Welfare -- 6. Catholic Welfare: Between Separatism and Accommodation -- 7. The Charity Network -- Part 4. Expertise and Scientific Reform -- 8. The Juvenile Court: Triumph of Progressivism -- 9. Child Guidance and the Court -- Conclusion: The Failure of Cultural Reform -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | "An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston.[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency."-Choice"Anyone who wants to understand why America's approach to juvenile justice doesn't work should read In the Web of Class."-Michael B. Katz,University of Pennsylvania |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780814739556 9783110716924 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814739556.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Eric C. Schneider. |