University of Minnesota Press, 2001 Cloth: 978-0-8166-3531-3 | Paper: 978-0-8166-3532-0 Library of Congress Classification HQ1420.S64 2001 Dewey Decimal Classification 305.420973
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
One
Voluntary Vernacular
Two
Why Cities Needed Saving
Part I
Paths to Salvation
Three
Sacred and Secular Organizational Ideologies
Four
Voluntary Associations with an Urban Presence
Part II
Redemptive Places
Five
New York City Headquarters, Smaller City Branches
Six
Boston, the Cradle of Redemptive Places
Seven
Men Build Chicago‘s Skyline, Women Redeem the City
Eight
How Women Saved the City
Appendix A:
Literature Review
Appendix B:
Organizational Charters
Appendix C:
Addresses of Redemptive Places for Boston, New York City, and Chicago