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Leisure as Social Work in the Urban Community: The Progressive Recreation Movement, 1890-1920

Lawrence A. Finfer

Mangaka: Lawrence A. Finfer
First published: 1974

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This volume examines the intersection of organized leisure and social reform, providing insight into the historical development of recreation programs within urban environments. By situating these activities as a form of social work, it offers a thoughtful perspective on how early community initiatives were structured to address the needs of growing cities.

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This scholarly volume was written by Lawrence A. Finfer and serves as a detailed historical analysis of the recreation movement in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Published in an era when urban planning and social reform were deeply intertwined, the work contextualizes how municipal leaders and reformers sought to provide structured leisure as a means of mitigating the perceived ills of rapid industrialization and urban congestion.

The text focuses on the ideology behind the Progressive Era's push for public parks, playgrounds, and community centers, arguing that these spaces were designed as instruments of social cohesion and moral uplift for the working class. Finfer’s research contributes to the broader academic understanding of how private philanthropy and government policy converged to shape the modern concept of public recreation as a vital component of municipal social work.

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