A Social History of Student Volunteering: Britain and Beyond, 1880-1980

A Social History of Student Volunteering: Britain and Beyond, 1880-1980

by G. Brewis
A Social History of Student Volunteering: Britain and Beyond, 1880-1980

A Social History of Student Volunteering: Britain and Beyond, 1880-1980

by G. Brewis

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Overview

Using a wide range of student testimony and oral history, Georgina Brewis sets in international, comparative context a one-hundred year history of student voluntarism and social action at UK colleges and universities, including such causes as relief for victims of fascism in the 1930s and international development in the 1960s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349475230
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 12/18/2015
Series: Historical Studies in Education
Edition description: 1st ed. 2014
Pages: 263
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Georgina Brewis is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. A New Era in Social Service? Student Associational Culture and the Settlement Movement 3. Christian Internationalism, Social Study and the Universities Before 1914 4. The Student Chapter in Post-War Reconstruction, 1920-1926 5. No Longer the Privilege of the Well-To-Do? Student Culture, Strikes and Self-Help, 1926-1932 6. Digging with the Unemployed: The Rise of a Student Social Consciousness? 1932-1939 7. Students in Action: Students and Anti-Fascist Relief Efforts, 1933-1939 8. The Students' Contribution to Victory: Voluntary Work in the Second World War And After 9. Experiments in Living: Student Social Service and Social Action, 1950-1965 10. From Service to Action? Rethinking Student Voluntarism, 1965-1980 11. Conclusions: Students and Social Change, 1880-1980

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"Georgina Brewis' study of student volunteering is both illuminating and rich in detail. We move from university settlements in Edwardian slums to charity rags, to concern with unemployment and internationalism between the wars, and finally to the 'Ban the Bomb' and anti-apartheid protests of the fifties and sixties. This book brings together youthful idealism, social and political engagement, and the history of universities in an original and insightful way." - Carol Dyhouse, Research Professor of History, University of Sussex, UK

"Brewis' important new study of student action describes the social and political changes, notably the increased participation of women, which underlay different forms of engagement. From the settlement movement through the 'student popular front' of the thirties, to international activities in the post war period, she demonstrates a story of both change and continuities. It opens up fresh perspectives for the study of British higher education and deserves to be widely read." - Nicholas Deakin, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK

"This is an important piece of scholarship which does what all good history should do it tells a good story and sheds light on issues of current interest and relevance. The book takes in some of the key political, social and economic episodes of the twentieth century and throughout there are some great vignettes and some unexpected revelations. Overall, an excellent study, well researched, well written, and with significant relevance for today." - Justin Davis Smith, National Council for Voluntary Organisations

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