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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780186903321

Autore

Moloney Deirdre M

Titolo

American Catholic lay groups and transatlantic social reform in the progressive era [[electronic resource] /] / Deirdre M. Moloney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002

ISBN

979-88-908746-3-4

0-8078-6044-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

305.6/2073

Soggetti

Catholics - United States - History - 19th century

Catholics - United States - History - 20th century

Laity - Catholic Church - History - 19th century

Laity - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Christian sociology - Catholic Church - United States - History of doctrines - 19th century

Christian sociology - Catholic Church - United States - History of doctrines - 20th century

Progressivism (United States politics)

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Celebrating an American Catholic Legacy; 2. Combating "Whisky's Work"; 3. The Friendly Hand & the Helping Purse; 4. Poverty & Proselytizers; 5. Promoting the Maternal over Material, Ideal over Idle; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This text traces the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925. Deirdre M. Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identities shaped the goals and activities of lay activists in this time.