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Artistic movements: see list of art movements. Independence movements: see lists of active separatist movements and list of historical separatist movements; Revolutionary movements: see List of revolutions and rebellions; Religious and spiritual movements: see List of religions and spiritual traditions and List of new religious movements
Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.
Rebellion crushed by Caesar Maximian, though the Bagaudae movement would persist until the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. [84] 286–296 Carausian Revolt: Britain and northern Gaul, Roman Empire: Carausius and Allectus: Revolt suppressed, Britain and Gaul retaken. [85] 291–306 War of the Eight Princes: China: Princes of the Sima clan
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. [1] [2] This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one.
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They aimed to professionalize the social sciences, especially history, [10] economics, [11] and political science [12] and improve efficiency with scientific management or Taylorism. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Initially, the movement operated chiefly at the local level, but later it expanded to the state and national levels.
An Interracial Movement of the Poor: Community Organizing and the New Left in the 1960s. New York: New York University press, 2001 ISBN 0-8147-2697-6. Heath, G. Louis, ed. Vandals in the Bomb Factory: The History and Literature of the Students for a Democratic Society. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976 ISBN 0-8108-0890-0. Hogan, Wesley C.,
As opposed to 20th century social movements such as the Sexual revolution of the 1960s, the Onedians did not seek consequence-free sex for mere pleasure, but believed that, because the logical outcome of intercourse was pregnancy, that raising children should be a communal responsibility. After the original founders died or became elderly ...