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050 4 _aHV98.N72 G744 2022
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100 1 _aGreeley, Dawn M.
245 1 0 _aBeyond Benevolence :
_bThe New York Charity Organization Society and the Transformation of American Social Welfare, 1882-1935.
264 1 _aBloomington :
_bIndiana University Press,
_c2022.
264 4 _c�2022.
300 _a1 online resource (468 pages)
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505 0 _aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Not Alms but a Friend": The Moral Economy of Scientific Charity -- 2. Organizing Charity in the City of Strangers: The New York COS -- 3. Neither Alms nor a Friend: Organizational Obstacles to the Practice of Scientific Charity -- 4. "Hoping for Your Kind Interest": Donors, Clients, and the Uses of Scientific Charity -- 5. "I Beg to Call Your Attention to a Very Deserving Case": Entitlement, Respectability, and the Politics of Charity in Working-Class Communities -- 6. If Not a Friend, Then Alms: Relief and Reform in the Progressive Era -- 7. The COS and the State: Widows, Deserted Wives, and the Battle over Mothers' Pensions -- 8. From Friendly Visiting to Social Casework: The Triumph of Professionalism -- Conclusion: The New York COS and the Transformation of American Social Welfare -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
520 _aMeticulously researched and uniquely focused on the day-to-day practice of scientific charity as much as its theory, Beyond Benevolence offers a powerful glimpse into how the trajectory of one charitable organization reflected a nation's momentous social, economic, and political upheavals as it moved into the 20th century.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCharity Organization Society of the City of New York-History.
650 0 _aCharities-New York (State)-History-20th century.
650 0 _aCharities-New York (State)-History-19th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aGreeley, Dawn M.
_tBeyond Benevolence
_dBloomington : Indiana University Press,c2022
_z9780253059093
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kliuc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6789947
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