Essays in the history of youth and community work
Subtitle: discovering the past
By: edited by Ruth Gilchrist ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gilchrist, Ruth, 1955-
Publisher: Russell House Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dorset
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781905541454
Subjects: Social work with youth -- Great Britain -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why history? / Mark K. Smith; title: 'The playground of today is the republic of tomorrow' : social reform and organised recreation, 1890-1930s / Linnea M. Anderson; title: From knowledge of the world to knowledge of self : perpsectives on the professional training of youth leaders, 1942-1948 / Simon Bradford; title: Chartism, education and community / Barry Burke; title: The transition from girls clubs to girls clubs and mixed clubs : UK youth, 1934-1944 / Michael Butterfield and Jean Spence; title: 'Why did they take that game away from us?' : the rise and fall of girls' basketball in the US / Dan Conrad; title: Cardijn versus Baden-Powell : the methodical turn in youth work history / Filip Coussée; title: The rise and fall of community and youth work courses at Westhill College / John Holmes; title: Starting out : origins of Newcastle YMCA / Tony Jeffs; title: Familiar rooms in foreign fields : placing the 'BB atmosphere' in the Boys' Brigade's recreation hut, Rouen, France, 1915-1919 / Richard G. Kyle; title: T.R. Batten's life and work / George Lovell; title: Long walk from the door : a history of work with girls and young women in Northern Ireland from 1969 / Susan Morgan and Eliz McArdle; title: The counter-cultural revolution and the OZ school kids issue : the establishment versus the underground press / Keith Popple; title: Withywood Youth Club / Sue Robertson; title: Club, class and clothes : the origins of scouting in Sunderland / Jean Spence; title: 'Forgotten corners' : a reflection on radical youth work in Britain, 1940-1990 / Tania de St Croix; title: Youth work and class : the struggle that dare not speak its name / Tony Taylor; title: The origins and development of the National Youth Agency / Tom Wylie.