| Book Review | The Michigan Historical Review, 34.2

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Deborah A. Skok. More than Neighbors: Catholic Settlements and Day Nurseries in Chicago, 1893–1930. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2007. Pp. 241. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Cloth, $38.00.

The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) defined the parameters of the settlement-house population by making a sharp distinction between religious-related settlement activity and "approved" settlement-house operations. This decision by the premier organization of the settlement-house movement, to exclude virtually all religious-related settlements from its membership, has complicated historical understanding of the range of settlement activity in the United States during the early twentieth century. Scholars have followed the orientation set forth by NFS and, as a result, little has been written about the settlement initiatives of two groups in particular: African American and Catholic communities. In Black Neighbors: Race and the Limits of Reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890–1945 (1993), Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn challenged this traditional understanding of the settlement-house movement by expanding the definition to include religious work in the black community and revealed a vibrant settlement-house experience. Deborah Skok's volume, More than Neighbors, further expands our understanding by describing and analyzing settlement-related activities performed under the auspices of the Catholic Church in Chicago.

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