In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s (The American Social Experience, 10) - Hardcover

Schneider, Eric C.

9780814779330: In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s (The American Social Experience, 10)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814779336 ISBN 13: 9780814779330

Publisher: NYU Press, 1992

"An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston..[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency."
—Choice

"Anyone who wants to understand why America's approach to juvenile justice doesn't work should read In the Web of Class."
—Michael B. Katz,University of Pennsylvania

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About the Author:

Eric C. Schneider is an Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences Iof the University of Pennsylvania, where he also teaches in the American Civilization and Urban Studies programs.

Review:

Through a series of highly original and carefully researched essays, "Cable Visions" offers a lively and comprehensive survey of the contemporary multichannel television landscape in the United States."
-William Boddy, author of "New Media and Popular Imagination: Launching Radio, Television, and Digital Media in the United States"

""Cable Visions" is a compelling exploration of contemporary U.S. television that grapples with the contradictory logic of consumerism and citizenship upon which cable TV is based. Thoroughly researched, accessible, and innovative in design, the essays trace cable from its early utopian beginnings as 'alternative' TV to its current-day realization as a multi-channel (but not necessarily diverse) commercial system aimed at niche tastes. A 'must read' for anyone interested in understanding the opportunities and limits of the new media environment."
-Lynn Spigel, author of "Make Room for TV" and "TV by Design"

"This comprehensive survey is a must for anyone interested in the opportunities, limits, and future projections of the new-media environment."
-"CHOICE",

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