Sacramento and the Catholic church
Subtitle: shaping a capital city
By: Steven M. Avella.
Series: The urban West series
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780874177602
Subjects: Catholic Church -- California -- Sacramento; Sacramento (Calif.) -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A cooperative community, 1850-1886; title: Cathedral building as urban project, 1865-1889; title: Religious sisters as urban agents, 1850-1920; title: Catholics and the ethnic consensus, 1880-1930; title: Building the city beautiful, 1890-1930; title: Catholic social provision : the Depression and World War II, 1930-1945; title: Carving a space and creating community : the Catholic Church and the North Area, 1940-1970; title: Building a visible Latino presence in the city, 1930-1970; title: Homelessness and fighting the city consensus, 1970-2000.