Michael Reisch and Janice Andrews, The Road not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States.(Book Review) From: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare | Date: December 1, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Western Michigan University, School of Social Work. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2001. $59.95 hardcover.

It is an indication of social work's maturity that numerous historical studies of the profession's development over the last century have now been published. While all of them provide a chronological narrative of the major events in social work's history, most flame this narrative by linking particular events to a wider theme or perspective. For example, some accounts of social work's historical development have been i...