Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index.
Contents
Social work : a radical profession? -- Radical social work in the Progressive Era -- The spider web conspiracy and the death of progressivism -- The rank and file movement and the precursors to McCarthyism -- Anti-communism and the attack on the New Deal -- Social work response to McCarthyism -- The revival of radicalism in social work -- The redefinition of social work radicalism, 1970-1999, part I -- The redefinition of social work radicalism, 1970-1999, part II -- Social radicalism at the end of the twentieth century -- Conclusion: the future of radical social work in the United States.