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Social Work in Britain, 1950–1975: A Follow-Up Study, Volume 1
1st Edition
By Eileen Younghusband
February 27, 2026
First published in 1978, Social Work in Britain, 1950–1975, a two-volume work, describes and analyzes the main developments in the education and employment of social workers during the twenty-five years 1950–75. These developments are placed within the context of unprecedented rapid change within ...
Social Work in Britain, 1950–1975: A Follow-Up Study, Volume 2
1st Edition
By Eileen Younghusband
February 27, 2026
First published in 1978, Social Work in Britain, 1950–1975, a two-volume work, describes and analyzes the main developments in the education and employment of social workers during the twenty-five years 1950–75. These developments are placed within the context of unprecedented rapid change within ...
Social Work in Medical Care
1st Edition
By Zofia Butrym
February 27, 2026
Medical social work is one of the longest established branches of social work. Its special problems—concerned with illness and disability, and the establishment of working relationships with the medical profession, with its high social and scientific prestige—are also of interest to social work as ...
The Development of Planning Thought: A Critical Perspective
1st Edition
By Cliff Hague
February 27, 2026
First published in 1984, The Development of Planning Thought presents a critical and historical perspective on the development of planning. It spotlights the economic, political, and ideological dimensions of planning both in the UK, and through a case study of practice in Edinburgh. The author ...
The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English
1st Edition
By Marian C. Bean
February 27, 2026
First published in 1983, The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English tests theories of word order change using data on change in Old English. This data is drawn from various sources, the primary one being the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and from the work of other scholars in Old English and ...
The Geography of Public Welfare Provision
1st Edition
By Sarah Curtis
February 27, 2026
Regional variations in public welfare provision have been the cause of some of the most heated debates about the public service sector. Very often, the geographical factors inherent in these anomalies are ignored. First published in 1989, The Geography of Public Welfare Provision (now with a new ...
The Process of Change
1st Edition
By Maxwell Jones
February 27, 2026
Dr Maxwell Jones, known worldwide as one of the founders of the therapeutic community movement, recounts his seven years at Dingleton Hospital in The Process of Change (originally published in 1982) in an autobiographical style. He describes how a mental hospital, which began with a traditional ...
The Social Origins of English Education
1st Edition
By Joan Simon
February 27, 2026
First published in 1970, The Social Origins of English Education breaks new ground by going back to the origins of English education in tribal society. The author treats the history of education not as the record of a closed educational world, but as an aspect of social and intellectual history. ...
The World at 18 000 BP: High Latitudes
1st Edition
Edited
By Olga Soffer, Clive Gamble
February 27, 2026
Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: High Latitudes (first of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the ...
The World at 18 000 BP: Volume 2, Low Latitudes
1st Edition
Edited
By Clive Gamble, Olga Soffer
February 27, 2026
Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: Low Latitudes (second of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the ...
Universal Primary Education in Nigeria: A Study of Kano State
1st Edition
By Mark Bray
February 27, 2026
In 1976, the government and people of Nigeria launched one of the most ambitious educational projects in African history, the Universal Primary Education Scheme, popularly known as UPE. All primary education became free of charge and efforts were made to enroll as many children as possible. Just in...
Youth: Expectations and Transitions
1st Edition
By Millicent E. Poole
February 27, 2026
First published in 1983, Youth: Expectations and Transitions deals with one of the prime concerns of social policy at the time—what does society expect of its 15 to 18-year-olds as they face one of the major periods of transition in their lives, moving from adolescence to adulthood? Are these ...