Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of boxes, figures and tables ix
4. Notes on contributors x
5. Acknowledgements xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea
8. A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement 15
9. Berlin’s municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City 35
10. The French maisons sociales, Chicago’s Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal 51
11. Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine 73
12. The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements
13. University extension and the settlement idea 91
14. Between social mission and social reform: the Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900–30 109
15. To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St George’s Settlement House 129
16. The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, circa 1890–1939 145
17. Research in settlement houses and its impact
18. Putting knowledge into action: a social work perspective on settlement house research 163
19. Animating objectivity: a Chicago settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledges to render its immigrant neighbours and neighbourhood knowable 181
20. Final reflections
21. ‘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 201
22. Conclusion 221
23. Index 231