Salvation in the Slums: Evangelical Social Work, 1865-1920
by Magnuson, Norris
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Imprint includes the American Theological Library Association. [2], xvi, 299 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. This is no. 10 in the publisher's ATLA Monograph Series. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. The author "surveyed the activities and convictions of such revivalist movements as the Salvation Army, the Volunteers of America, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the 'rescue mission' movement, the circles around the Christian Herald, and the Florence Crittenten homes for 'fallen women' during the period from 1865 to 1920." -- Foreword. In Very Good Condition: pages corners creased; occasional marginal notations and underlining; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Salvation in the Slums: Evangelical Social Work, 1865-1920
- Author
- Magnuson, Norris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Metuchen, NJ
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Religion & Philosophy;
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