Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city the life and times of an urban reformer / by Pritchett, Wendell E.

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Robert Clifton Weaver and the American city the life and times of an urban reformer / by Pritchett, Wendell E.

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House of Refuge : Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857 / by Pickett, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Manhattan, gateway to the New York world (1825-55) -- The society for the prevention of pauperism (1825-55) -- The quest for support (1824-26) -- Joseph Curtis, first superintendent of the New York house of refuge (1824-26) -- Institutions for the reformation of juvenile delinquents (1825-59) -- "Most prolific sources of juvenile crime" (1826-56) -- The road to Albany (1827-54) -- The New York house of refuge system (1827-54) -- Coming of age (1827-57).…”
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House of Refuge : Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857 / by Pickett, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Manhattan, gateway to the New York world (1825-55) -- The society for the prevention of pauperism (1825-55) -- The quest for support (1824-26) -- Joseph Curtis, first superintendent of the New York house of refuge (1824-26) -- Institutions for the reformation of juvenile delinquents (1825-59) -- "Most prolific sources of juvenile crime" (1826-56) -- The road to Albany (1827-54) -- The New York house of refuge system (1827-54) -- Coming of age (1827-57).…”
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William Jay abolitionist and anticolonialist / by Budney, Stephen P., 1950-

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William Jay abolitionist and anticolonialist / by Budney, Stephen P., 1950-

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How New York became American, 1890-1924 by Blake, Angela M.

Table of Contents: “…Reforming New York's image in the 1890s -- Tourism and New York's image in the 1890s -- Architecture, Americanism, and a "new" New York, 1900-1919 -- New York is not America : immigrants and tourists in post-World War I New York -- Brand New York : making midtown in the 1920s.…”
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How New York became American, 1890-1924 by Blake, Angela M.

Table of Contents: “…Reforming New York's image in the 1890s -- Tourism and New York's image in the 1890s -- Architecture, Americanism, and a "new" New York, 1900-1919 -- New York is not America : immigrants and tourists in post-World War I New York -- Brand New York : making midtown in the 1920s.…”
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