RELIGION AND THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN CITY; The New York City Mission Movement, 1812-1870
Ithaca NY: Cornell, (1971). First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 300. Appendix, bibliography, index. Top edge spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped and scuffed dj. The professionalization and institutionalization of benevolent and religious activities in a time of expanding city slums and severe poverty. More