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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ John Gal, Stefan Köngeter and Sarah Vicary PART 1: The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement ~ Stefan Köngeter Berlin’s municipal socialism: A transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City ~ Barbara Levy Simon The French maisons sociales, Chicago’s Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal ~ Francisco Branco Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine ~ John Gal and Yehudit Avnir PART 2: The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements University Extension and the settlement idea ~ Geoffrey A.C. Ginn Between social mission and social reform: The Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900-1930 ~ Jens Wietschorke To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St. George’s Settlement House ~ Hugh Shewell The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, circa 1890-1939 ~ Kate Bradley PART 3: Research in settlement houses and its impact Putting knowledge into action: A social work perspective on settlement house research ~ Dayana Lau Animating objectivity: a Chicago settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledges to render its immigrant neighbours and neighbourhood knowable ~ Rory Crath PART 4: Final Reflections ‘The soul of the community’: two practitioners reflect on history, place and community in two community-based practices from 1980 to 1995: St Hilda’s Community Centre in Bethnal Green and Waterloo Action Centre in Waterloo, South London ~ Jeanette Copperman and Steven Malies Conclusion ~ Sarah Vicary
