The settlement house movement revisited : a transnational history /


edited by John Gal, Stefan Köngeter, and Sarah Vicary.
Bok Engelsk 2021
Medvirkende
Gal, John, (editor.)
Köngeter, Stefan, (editor.)
Vicary, Sarah, (editor.)
Omfang
1 online resource (1 online resource 254 p..)
Opplysninger
Also issued in print: 2021.. - 3 Berlin's municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City -- Mary's formal education -- Mary's settlement work: 1897-1946 -- An advocate for municipal socialism beyond the realm of settlement houses -- National Consumers League -- Tenement reform and public housing -- Public parks and public recreation -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The French maisons sociales, Chicago's Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal -- Introduction -- Hull-House: residence, research and reform -- Residence -- Research -- Reform -- The maisons sociales movement in France. - 6 University extension and the settlement idea -- Foundation of the Bermondsey Settlement -- University extension in practice -- References -- 7 Between social mission and social reform: the Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900-30 -- The reception of the international Settlement House Movement in Germany and the founding of the Volksheim Hamburg -- Social mission and cultural substitution: SAG Berlin-Ost -- Social research and social reform in the settlement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. - 8 To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St George's Settlement House -- Family background and influences -- Oxford and the Settlement Movement -- The role of the state -- Socialism, political economy, John Stuart Mill and Robert Owen's utopian socialism -- Into the field: the beginnings of the settlement -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 The English settlements, the Poor Man's Lawyer and social work, circa 1890-1939 -- The gendering of social work -- Frank Tillyard and the establishment of the Poor Man's Lawyer. - Front Cover -- The Settlement House Movement Revisited: A Transnational History -- Copyright information -- Series -- Table of contents -- List of boxes, figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea -- 2 A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement -- The secularisation of Christian welfare -- Scientisation of the social in the transatlantic space -- Translations of the model into the various social contexts -- Conclusion -- Archival sources -- References. - The French settlements and the Hull-House scheme -- Social Catholicism -- The feminist movement -- The influence of the Settlement Movement in Portugal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archival sources -- References -- 5 Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine -- Settlement houses around the world -- The Thon family and the first settlement house in Jerusalem -- The Shimon HaTzadik settlement house -- The Nachlat Achim settlement house -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements. - This text provides a historical approach to the study of the settlement house movement in relation to developments in social welfare and the profession of social work across a range of nations.. - Specialized.
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1-4473-5424-9. - 1-4473-5425-7

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