| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations |
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Research in Social Work |
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Research in Social Work
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Early social work training and legal guidance |
| Subject |
Social settlements -- History
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Social service -- History
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Social service
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Social settlements
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gal, John, editor.
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Köngeter, Stefan
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| ISBN |
9781447354253 |
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1447354257 |
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