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Könyv More than Neighbors Deborah A. Skok

More than Neighbors

Catholic Settlements and Day Nurseries in Chicago, 1893-1930

Szerző: Deborah A. Skok
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: Cornell University Press
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
19 245 Ft
The influx of southern and eastern European immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the...

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Szerző
Deborah A. Skok
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2007
oldal
251
EAN
9780875803746
Enbook ID
04750170
Kiadó
Cornell University Press
Súly
28
Méretek
152 x 229 x 23

Teljes leírás

The influx of southern and eastern European immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century resulted in a stereotype of Catholics as poor, illiterate laborers. As prejudice against the unwelcome newcomers spread, Irish- and German-American Catholics - many of whom were American-born - felt threatened. Although genuinely concerned about the welfare of fellow Catholics, they feared the loss of their hard-earned economic security and slowly rising social position. By identifying common interests, the women of Chicago's Catholic community found a solution which simultaneously served the needy and cemented the status of the middle-class. In "More than Neighbors", Deborah A. Skok tells the story of Chicago's Catholic settlement houses and day nurseries and the cross-class alliances they fostered. For poor women, these institutions provided child care, social services, and employment. For white-collar working girls, they offered volunteer opportunities as well as classes on job skills. For upwardly mobile women, they afforded the ability to demonstrate Christian charity and to take leading roles in the political and cultural life of the city. Settlements enabled Catholic women from all social strata to come together for their mutual benefit, despite conflicts over issues of class and ethnicity. By giving equal attention to the religious as well as to the social component of the settlement house movement, Skok illuminates the dynamics of class mobility, ethnic group interaction, and the gendered relations of power. Historians of the Progressive Era can no longer ignore the significance of Jane Addams' neighbors.

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