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Settlements, Social Change and Community Action : Good Neighbours.
Title:
Settlements, Social Change and Community Action : Good Neighbours.
Author:
Gilchrist, Ruth.
ISBN:
9781846422775
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (254 pages)
Contents:
Settlements, Social Change and Community Action: Good Neighbours -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The secular faith of the social settlements: 'If Christ came to Chicago' -- 2 American settlement houses: The first half century -- 3 Development of the English settlement movement -- 4 Strength in community: Historical development of settlements internationally -- 5 One hundred years of the Birmingham Settlement Jon Glasby -- 6 Raising the past: Toynbee today -- 7 Settlements and adult education -- 8 'Something to give and much to learn': Settlements and youth work -- 9 Settlements and the arts -- 10 Family centres: In the settlement tradition? -- 11 Social entrepreneurs or sleeping giants?: Settlements in Britain today -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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