"In this detailed and thoroughly researched book, Reisch and Andrews trace the history of social work from the perspective of social workers who were (and still are) committed to a radical approach...this book should be essential reading for social workers everywhere. By tracing the history of activist and 'left' social work, the authors make an original and important contribution to the literature. Social work educators who teach the history of social work ought to prescribe this book and ensure that students understand that the Charity Organization Society and the Settlements were not the only pioneers of the social work profession. The book's attempts to recognize the contribution of social work colleagues who, over the years, have thought of themselves as radical, is important and timely." -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. 29 no. 4, December 2002

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Social Work: A Radical Profession?2. Radical Social Work in the Progressive Era3. The Spider Web Conspiracy and the Death of Progressivism4. The Rank and File Movement and the Precursors to McCarthyism5. Anti-Communism and the Attack on the New Deal6. Social Work Response to McCarthyism7. The Revival of Radicalism in Social Work8. The Redefinition of Social Work Radicalism, 1970-1999--Part I9. The Redefinition of Social Work Radicalism, 1970-1999--Part II10. Social Work Radicalism at the End of the Twentieth Century11. Conclusion--The Future of Radical Social Work in the United StatesSourcesIndex