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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253337712
ISBN-13
9780253337719
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1680119
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Fighting Poverty with Virtue : Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000
Subject
Public Policy / General, Philanthropy & Charity, Poverty & Homelessness, United States / General
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-027603
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.5/8/0973091732
Table Of Content
Preliminary Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: What Moral Reform Is, and Why It's Important Part One: Moral Reform in the Past Chapter One: Principles and Intentions: Why Moral Reform was Undertaken Chapter Two: 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 Three: Why Moral Reform was Hard to Achieve Part Two: The Critique and Rejection of Moral Reform Chapter Four: 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 Five: The Rejection of Moral Reform Chapter Six: African-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Moral Reform: Historical Considerations Chapter Seven: The Contemporary Climate for Moral Reform Chapter Eight: The Contemporary Practice of Moral Reform Urban Ministries, Public Policy, and the Promotion of Virtue Biographical Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Fighting Poverty with Virtue Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000 Joel Schwartz The emergence, decline, and resurgence of moral reform in addressing urban poverty in the United States. This book is both a historical and a contemporary study of attempts to promote the self-reliance and prosperity of America's urban poor by encouraging the practice of familiar virtues such as diligence, sobriety, thrift, and familial responsibility. In Part One Joel Schwartz considers the efforts of four 19th-century moral reformers who expounded this strategy--Joseph Tuckerman, Robert M. Hartley, Charles Loring Brace, and Josephine Shaw Lowell. Schwartz examines what they did (and why they did it), the obstacles they faced, their successes and failures in confronting them. Part Two describes the 20th-century critique of moral reform. Drawing from the work of figures such as Jane Addams, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Frances Fox Piven, Schwartz traces the rise of a belief that the virtues promoted by the moral reformers were individualistic and "bourgeois," hence inapplicable to the lives of the poor. Part Three assesses African Americans' historical commitment to the virtues of the moral reformers, which are apparent in the writings of figures as divergent as Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Dubois, and Malcolm X. Moving to the present, the author discusses the renewed commitment to a self-help strategy for fighting poverty evident in the widespread interest in the work of faith-based charities and in recent shifts in public policy. He concludes by assessing the reasons to be hopeful, but also to be skeptical, of the success of that strategy. Joel Schwartz is a program officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities and a contributing editor of Philanthropy. In addition to teaching political science at the universities of Michigan, Toronto, and Virginia, he has served as executive editor of The Public Interest, visiting research associate at the Statistical Assessment Service, and research fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. He has published widely in political philosophy and public policy. Contents Introduction: What Moral Reform Is, and Why It's Important Part One: Moral Reform in the Past Principles and Intentions: Why Moral Reform Was Undertaken The Virtues Taught by the Moral Reformers 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 The Rejection of 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
LC Classification Number
HV4044.S33 2000
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