Author: Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Report of a Committee Appointed by the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New-York
Author: Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Taming Passion for the Public Good
Author: Mark E. KannPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814770193
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
“Kann's latest tour de force explores the ambivalence, during the founding of our nation, about whether political freedom should augur sexual freedom. Tracing the roots of patriarchal sexual repression back to revolutionary America, Kann asks highly contemporary questions about the boundaries between public and private life, suggesting, provocatively, that political and sexual freedom should go hand in hand.” —Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington The American Revolution was fought in the name of liberty. In popular imagination, the Revolution stands for the triumph of populism and the death of patriarchal elites. But this is not the case, argues Mark E. Kann. Rather, in the aftermath of the Revolution, America developed a society and system of laws that kept patriarchal authority alive and well—especially when it came to the sex lives of citizens. In Taming Passion for the Public Good, Kann contends that that despite the rhetoric of classical liberalism, the founding generation did not trust ordinary citizens with extensive liberty. Under the guise of paternalism, they were able simultaneously to retain social control while espousing liberal principles, with the goal of ultimately molding the country into the new American ideal: a moral and orderly citizenry that voluntarily did what was best for the public good. Mark E. Kann, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History, held the USC Associates Chair in Social Science at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Republic of Men (NYU Press, 1998) and Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy (NYU Press, 2005).
Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ...
Author: Report of a Committee Appointed by
Author: Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile delinquency
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Americanization, Social Control, and Philanthropy
Author: George E. PozzettaPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824074142
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Reforming Men and Women
Author: Bruce DorseyPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801438974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Before the Civil War, the public lives of American men and women intersected most frequently in the arena of religious activism. Bruce Dorsey broadens the field of gender studies, incorporating an analysis of masculinity into the history of early American religion and reform. His is a holistic account that reveals the contested meanings of manhood and womanhood among antebellum Americans, both black and white, middle class and working class.Urban poverty, drink, slavery, and Irish Catholic immigration--for each of these social problems that engrossed Northern reformers, Dorsey examines the often competing views held by male and female activists and shows how their perspectives were further complicated by differences in class, race, and generation. His primary focus is Philadelphia, birthplace of nearly every kind of benevolent and reform society and emblematic of changes occurring throughout the North. With an especially rich history of African-American activism, the city is ideal for Dorsey's exploration of race and reform.Combining stories of both ordinary individuals and major reformers with an insightful analysis of contemporary songs, plays, fiction, and polemics, Dorsey exposes the ways race, class, and ethnicity influenced the meanings of manhood and womanhood in nineteenth-century America. By linking his gendered history of religious activism with the transformations characterizing antebellum society, he contributes to a larger quest: to engender all of American history.
Authors and Subjects
Author: Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States
Author: Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description