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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Social settlements"”.
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A Study of Omaha Social Settlements
The social settlement as defined by John Lewis Gillin is "a center in which men and women of education, wealth and leisure, may meet on terms of neighborly friendliness the less fortunate citizens of their community, where each may learn from the other and through friendship render service to each …
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Experiments in Social Salvation: The Settlement Movement in Chicago, 1890-1910
… The subjective and objective necessities for social settlements are described through the lives of men and women central to the movement. Reformers such as Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Mary McDowell fused their personal motives to their expanding assumptions regarding public welfare in …
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The origin, growth and future of the borough of Isiphingo with special reference for Environmental Management
The aims and objectives of this study was to examine the origin and development of the Borough of Isipingo for the purpose of analysing its present management efficiency and viability. The focus was on the changing state of the quality of life of its residents. The ultimate objective was to …
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Constraints on the development of the Mungwi agricultural settlement scheme in the Northern province of Zambia, 1957-1991
This study is an attempt to contribute to the existing literature on agricultural settlement schemes in Zambia. The study is centered on the constraints on the development of the Mungwi Agricultural Settlement Scheme in northern Zambia. The study argues that the poor selection of settler farmers, …
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Ready for Experiment: Dwight Perkins and Progressive Architectures in Chicago, 1893-1918
Chicago's turn-of-the-century social settlements, most notably Hull House, have long been considered the mainstay of American progressive reforms. Yet settlement houses were but one aspect of a wide-ranging set of architectural and spatial inventions that used certain kinds of familiar imagery to …