Next to godliness: confronting dirt and despair in Progressive Era New York City
By: Daniel Eli Burnstein.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780252030246
Subjects: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Street Cleaning; Street cleaning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Refuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Public health -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The garbage workers' strike of 1907 : a study of attitudes toward dirt and disarray; title: 2. George E. Waring, Jr. and the Department of Street Cleaning : the civic promise substantiated; title: 3. "Virtue is crowding out the unfortunate peddler" : political and moral choices in pushcart policy; title: 4. Co-opting the kids : making citizens with the juvenile street cleaning leagues; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: list of New York City mayors, 1893-1945, and Department of Street Cleaning commissioners, 1893-1920.