Contents

pp vii-viii

List of boxes, figures and tables

pp ix-ix

Notes on contributors

pp x-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-12

Part I - The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea

pp 13-14

2 - A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement

pp 15-34

3 - Berlin’s municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City

pp 35-50

4 - The French maisons sociales, Chicago's Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal

pp 51-72

5 - Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine

pp 73-88

Part II - The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements

pp 89-90

6 - University extension and the settlement idea

pp 91-108

7 - Between social mission and social reform: the Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900–30

pp 109-128

8 - To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St George’s Settlement House

pp 129-144

9 - The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, circa 1890–1939

pp 145-160

Part III - Research in settlement houses and its impact

pp 161-162

10 - Putting knowledge into action: a social work perspective on settlement house research

pp 163-180

11 - Animating objectivity: a Chicago settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledges to render its immigrant neighbours and neighbourhood knowable

pp 181-198

Part IV - Final reflections

pp 199-200

12 - ‘The soul of the community’: two practitioners reflect on history, place and community in two communitybased practices from 1980 to 1995: St Hilda’s Community Centre in Bethnal Green and Waterloo Action Centre in Waterloo, South London

pp 201-220

13 - Conclusion

pp 221-230

Index

pp 231-237