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The Settlement House Movement revisited : a transnational history /

This book 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gal, John (Editor ), Köngeter, Stefan
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2021.
Colección:Research in Social Work.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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