Introduction; Part 1 Ideas Which Influenced the Development of Social Work; Chapter 1 Influence of Social And Economic Thought; Chapter 2 Religious Thought in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 3 Poor Law Principles and Practice; Part 2 Main Branches of Social Work; Chapter 4 Family Case Work—I; Chapter 5 Family Case Work—II; Chapter 6 Family Case Work—III; Chapter 7 Octavia Hill; Chapter 8 Care of Deprived Children; Chapter 9 The Penal Services; Chapter 10 The Handicapped; Chapter 11 Moral Welfare; Chapter 12 Group Work—I; Chapter 13 Group Work—II;