Abstract
In the last Classic texts series, the reviewer reflected on two books from the USA experience which had strongly influenced community development practice in the UK and other industrialized countries. Here, the compliment is returned as the text chosen by one of our International Editorial Advisory Board members, Professor Barry Checkoway, reflects on the Settlement House movement in the USA, a movement which was directly informed by a similar movement within the UK and within which Jane Addams, the reviewed author, had worked before returning to the USA. This is the seventh contribution in our new occasional series. In each contribution, the author reflects on a ‘classic text’ in the field of community development, which they feel has influenced them or the practice of community development more widely. The text should have been around for some time, we suggest about 25 years, so that its impact can be seen clearly...
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