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Settlement Houses

Settlement Houses is a social reform initiative originating in the late nineteenth century that established residential centers in impoverished urban areas where middle-class intellectuals and professionals lived among the poor to provide education, social services, and advocacy as part of a broader movement to address poverty and immigrant integration through direct community engagement.

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

62

Worker centers: organizing communities at the edge of the dream

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 403 citations

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Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream

Oren M. Levin‐Waldman · Perspectives on Politics · 2007 · 164 citations

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Spearheads for Reform, the Social Settlements and the Progressive Movement, 1890-1914

Richard K. Morton, Allen F. Davis · American Quarterly · 1968 · 150 citations

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Dancing class: gender, ethnicity, and social divides in American dance, 1890-1920

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 145 citations

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Health and Social Services in Public Schools: Historical Perspectives

David Tyack · The Future of Children · 1992 · 110 citations

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Authors

72

  1. MC
    Miu Chung Yan

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  2. EL
    Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

    Loyola University Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 154 citations

    3

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  3. JA
    Judith Ann Trolander

    Temple University, United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

    3

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  4. VL
    Vince L. Hutchins

    Georgetown University, United States

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  5. AF
    Allen F. Davis

    Temple University, United States

    2 publications · 254 citations

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Institutions

40

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    190 citations

  2. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  3. University of Windsor

    Windsor, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. Metropolitan College of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    164 citations

  5. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  6. Baylor University

    Waco, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  7. United Nations University

    Bonn, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 778 citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 4 publications · 147 citations

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  3. Social Work

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. The Future of Children

    2 publications · 149 citations

    2

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