Washing "the great unwashed": public baths in urban America, 1840-1920

(print) xiv, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cmList of Illustrations xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- Introduction 1 -- Origins of the Public Bath Movement, 1840-1890 5 -- Public Baths in the Progressive Era 22 -- Tammany Hall versus Reformers : The Public Baths of New York City 41 -- Patrician Mayors, Irish Bosses, and "Municipal Housekeepers" : The Municipal Baths of Boston and Chicago 68 -- Philanthropy and Progressivism : The Public Baths of Philadelphia and Baltimore 96 -- The American Association for Promoting Hygiene and Public Baths 125 -- The Gospel of Cleanliness 131 -- Appendixes 139 -- Notes 145 -- Selected Bibliography 173 -- Index 18