The Altruistic Imagination: A History of Social Work and Social Policy in the United States
"Ehrenreich's respect for the profession of social work is demonstrated by his careful analysis of the various schools of thought—the painstaking unraveling of the two tangled threads of social control and social reform. Ehrenreich patiently considers the complicated intellectual framework of social work, respecting the complexity of the issues involved while at the same time proposing a provocative and unified thesis."—American Journal of Sociology