Structuring Poverty in the Windy City : Autonomy, Virtue, and Isolation in Post-Fire Chicago /

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"The Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 destroyed 2,600 acres and left tens of thousands without housing, food, fuel, or clothing. In the aftermath the mayor handed all relief duties to the commercial elite at the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. This was, as Joel E. Black's provocative stu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Black, Joel E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Poor.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Pauvres > Illinois > Chicago.
Poor > Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Structures of Poverty
  • Rise: Vagrancy, Poverty, and the Makings of an Order
  • Autonomy: Compelling "Tramps" to Jobs and Homes
  • Virtue: Trading in Sex and Wages
  • Isolation: Quarantine and the Legacy of Migration
  • Fall: Gangster "Tramps," Contracting Women, and the "New Negro"
  • Epilogue: The New Deal's Social Origins.

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