Settlement Folk

Settlement Folk

Author: Mina Carson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1990-03-16

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780226095011

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Previous Edition 9780763754525


North from the Mountains

North from the Mountains

Author: John S. Kessler

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780865547001

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Kessler and Ball have written the definitive book on the Carmel Melungeon settlement in Highland, Ohio. Available in both hardback and paperback.


Israeli Folk Narratives

Israeli Folk Narratives

Author: Ḥayah Bar-Yitsḥaḳ

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780814330470

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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

The Settlement House Movement Revisited

Author: Gal, John

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2020-12-16

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1447354265

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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.


Balkan Fascination

Balkan Fascination

Author: Mirjana Laušević

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-10

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0190269421

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In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.


Inside Greenwich Village

Inside Greenwich Village

Author: Gerald W. McFarland

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781558495029

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A vibrant portrait of a celebrated urban enclave at the turn of the twentieth century.