Author: Mina Carson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226095011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Previous Edition 9780763754525
Settlement Folk
Author: Mina Carson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226095011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Previous Edition 9780763754525
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226095011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Previous Edition 9780763754525
The Survey
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Wild Rose, a Folk History of a Cross Timbers Settlement, Keller, Texas
Author: Joyce Gibson Roach
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780898659726
Category : Cross Timbers (Okla. and Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780898659726
Category : Cross Timbers (Okla. and Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Israeli Folk Narratives
Author: Ḥayah Bar-Yitsḥaḳ
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814330470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Provides a broad, engaging view of Israeli society through folk stories that have circulated among settlers in the kibbutz, immigrants, and ethnic groups.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814330470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Provides a broad, engaging view of Israeli society through folk stories that have circulated among settlers in the kibbutz, immigrants, and ethnic groups.
The Settlement House Movement Revisited
Author: Gal, John
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447354257
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession. It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research. Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across different national, cultural and social boundaries, this book show that by understanding its impact, we can better understand the wider global development of social policy, social research and the social work profession.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447354257
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession. It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research. Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across different national, cultural and social boundaries, this book show that by understanding its impact, we can better understand the wider global development of social policy, social research and the social work profession.
North from the Mountains
Author: John S. Kessler
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865547001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Kessler and Ball have written the definitive book on the Carmel Melungeon settlement in Highland, Ohio. Available in both hardback and paperback.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865547001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Kessler and Ball have written the definitive book on the Carmel Melungeon settlement in Highland, Ohio. Available in both hardback and paperback.
The Chautauquan
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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The Chautauquan
Author: Theodore L. Flood
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Dancing Class
Author: Linda J. Tomko
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253213273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"Tomko blazes a new trail in dance scholarship by interconnecting U.S. History and dance studies. . . . the first to argue successfully that middle-class U.S. women promoted a new dance practice to manage industrial changes, crowded urban living, massive immigration, and interchange and repositioning among different classes." —Choice From salons to dance halls to settlement houses, new dance practices at the turn of the century became a vehicle for expressing cultural issues and negotiating matters of gender. By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253213273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"Tomko blazes a new trail in dance scholarship by interconnecting U.S. History and dance studies. . . . the first to argue successfully that middle-class U.S. women promoted a new dance practice to manage industrial changes, crowded urban living, massive immigration, and interchange and repositioning among different classes." —Choice From salons to dance halls to settlement houses, new dance practices at the turn of the century became a vehicle for expressing cultural issues and negotiating matters of gender. By examining master narratives of modern dance history, this provocative and insightful book demonstrates the cultural agency of Progressive-era dance practices.
Reader's Guide to American History
Author: Peter J. Parish
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134261896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
There are so many books on so many aspects of the history of the United States, offering such a wide variety of interpretations, that students, teachers, scholars, and librarians often need help and advice on how to find what they want. The Reader's Guide to American History is designed to meet that need by adopting a new and constructive approach to the appreciation of this rich historiography. Each of the 600 entries on topics in political, social and economic history describes and evaluates some 6 to 12 books on the topic, providing guidance to the reader on everything from broad surveys and interpretive works to specialized monographs. The entries are devoted to events and individuals, as well as broader themes, and are written by a team of well over 200 contributors, all scholars of American history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134261896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
There are so many books on so many aspects of the history of the United States, offering such a wide variety of interpretations, that students, teachers, scholars, and librarians often need help and advice on how to find what they want. The Reader's Guide to American History is designed to meet that need by adopting a new and constructive approach to the appreciation of this rich historiography. Each of the 600 entries on topics in political, social and economic history describes and evaluates some 6 to 12 books on the topic, providing guidance to the reader on everything from broad surveys and interpretive works to specialized monographs. The entries are devoted to events and individuals, as well as broader themes, and are written by a team of well over 200 contributors, all scholars of American history.