Settlement Sociology in the Progressive Years: Faith, Science, and Reform (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 75)

Settlement Sociology in the Progressive Years claims for sociology a lost history and paradigm only recently acknowledged for shaping the American sociological tradition. Williams and MacLean trace the key works of early scholar activists through the leading settlement houses in Chicago, New York and Boston. The roots of sociology as a public enterprise for social reform are restored to the canon through early research, teaching and social advocacy. The settlement paradigm of "neighborly relations" combining the visions of social gospelers and first-wave feminists will resonate for a renewed public sociology today. Key to this paradigm was the movement to "settle" in neighborhoods and become active in the struggle for social change in a period of rapid industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. Acknowledgements Introduction: in search of sociology Problems in search of solutions : science, religion, and education in the Progressive era Neighborhood settlements : residence, research and reform Hull house : feminist pragmatism and the chicago women's school of sociology Back of the yards : the university of chicago settlement Chicago commons : settlement and social gospel in action Boston's south end house : a sociological laboratory The college settlements association : breaching gender and class in cities Henry street : where health became a public issue G greenwich house : the house that mary built Recovering a paradigm lost : public sociology then and now Appendix a: selected works of the chicago women's school of settlement sociology Appendix b: a comparison of some aspects of the urban sociology of south end house and University of Chicago sociologists References Archival collections Other internet resources used Index. Taylor and the Chicago School of Civics and PhilanthropyContributions to Sociology; 6 Boston's South End House: A Sociological Laboratory; Robert A. Woods, His Wife, and Associates; Woods and Academic Relations; Woods and the Social Gospel; Woods, the Civic Leader; The Work of Woods and South End House Residents; Contributions to Sociology; Sociology, Social Work and the Politics of Gender; 7 The College Settlements Association: Breaching Gender and Class in Cities; The Women Founders; The CSA and the Movement for Social Reconstruction; The New York Settlement; Denison House of Boston Hull House Maps and Papers: Change-Oriented KnowledgeSome Members of the Chicago Women's School of Sociology; Contributions to Sociology; The Politics of Erasure; 4 Back of The Yards: The University of Chicago Settlement; Mary McDowell: Standing in the Breach; University Research; Sociological Research and the Settlement; Contributions to Sociology; The Settlement and an Early Politics of Knowledge; 5 Chicago Commons: Settlement and Social Gospel in Action; Graham Taylor: Sociological Christian; Taylor, the Social Gospel, and Sociology; Works by Taylor and Chicago Commons Residents Settlement Sociology in the Progressive Years: Faith, Science, and Reform; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: In Search of Sociology; Sociology as Told; Reclaiming Our History; A Politics of Erasure: Knowledge and Knowers in the Sociology Canon; The Social Science Movement: Sociology and Social Work; Methodology; Social and Ideological Context: Feminist Pragmatism, the Social Gospel, and Settlement Sociology; The Sociological Imagination from Margins to Center; 1 Problems in Search of Solutions: Science, Religion, and Education in the Progressive Era The Forces of Industrialization, Urbanization and ImmigrationSocial Science and Premonitions of Sociology; The Survey Movement and the Educating of America; The Social Gospel in the Progressive Era; Sociology, Social Reform, and the Social Gospel; 2 Neighborhood Settlements: Residence, Research and Reform; The English Background; The United States Settlements; Contributions to Sociology; 3 Hull House: Feminist Pragmatism and the Chicago Women's School of Sociology; Jane Addams and Her Journey to Hull House; Addams the Sociologist; Hull House and the Practice of Sociology The Philadelphia College SettlementThe College Settlement of Baltimore (Locust Point Settlement); Contributions to Race, Class, and Gender Studies; 8 Henry Street: Where Health Became a Public Issue; Founders and Residents; The Intersection of Health and Industry; Florence Kelley: A Life in Search of Justice; Henry Street and the Factory Investigating Commission; Some Contributions to Sociology; 9 Greenwich House: The House that Mary Built; Founder and Head Resident; Research and Sociological Work; Public Policy and the New York Scholar-Activist Network The Progressive Era roots of sociology as a public enterprise for reform are restored to the canon and given recognition by tracing key works of early sociological practitioners in the leading settlement houses of Chicago, New York and Boston 10 Recovering a Paradigm Lost: Public Sociology Then and Now