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The roots of community organizing, 1917-1939

Title
The roots of community organizing, 1917-1939 / Neil Betten and Michael J. Austin with contributions by Robert Fisher [and others].
Author
Betten, Neil.
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Austin, Michael J.
  • Fisher, Robert, 1947-
Description
viii, 230 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Community organization > United States > History > 20th century
  • Social service > United States > History > 20th century
  • Social action > United States > History > 20th century
  • Community organization
  • Social action
  • Social service
  • Gemeinwesenarbeit
  • Opbouwwerk
  • Geschichte (1917-1939)
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The roots of community organizing : an introduction / Michael J. Austin and Neil Betten -- The intellectual origins of community organizing / Michael J. Austin and Neil Betten -- The Cincinnati unit experiment, 1917-1920 / Neil Betten and Michael J. Austin -- The International Institutes : their philosophy and role in community organizing / Raymond A. Mohl and Neil Betten -- Grass roots organizing in the community center movement, 1907-1930 / Robert Fisher -- Rural organizing and the agricultural extension service / Michael J. Austin and Neil Betten -- Social planning and physical planning / Michael J. Austin and Neil Betten -- Federated philanthropy in a Jewish community, 1904-1939 / Marc Lee Raphael.
  • The urban political boss as community organizer / Neil Betten and William E. Hershey -- The conflict approach to community organizing : Saul Alinsky and the CIO / Neil Betten and Michael J. Austin -- Religious organizations as a base for community organizing : the Catholic Worker Movement during the Great Depression / Neil Betten and William E. Hershey -- The legacy of community organizing at the close of the Great Depression / Michael J. Austin and Neil Betten.
ISBN
  • 0877226628
  • 9780877226628
LCCN
89032536
OCLC
  • ocm19556345
  • 19556345
  • SCSB-8968160
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library