Black Neighbors: Race and the Limits of Reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890-1945

by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Book Overview

Professing a policy of cultural and social integration, the American settlement house movement made early progress in helping immigrants adjust to life in American cities. However, when African Americans migrating from the rural South in the early twentieth century began to replace white immigrants in settlement environs, most houses failed to redirect their efforts toward their new neighbors. Nationally, the movement did not take a concerted stand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844233
• ISBN13: 9780807844236
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"