In this solidly researched book, the authorsdemonstrate that the knowledge and techniques existto decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailedaccount of the problem, they describe twenty-fourprograms that have proved successful in changingthe lives of seriously disadvantaged children."

With the introduction of the printing press in England in 1476, a struggle over its control--and its potential for interrupting power--was joined. The written word, once the domain of the upper levels of society that controlled politics, economics, and religion, could be seen passing into the hands of anyone throughout the social strata who wished to voice opinions on any topic of interest or importance. How the advent of printing led to the idea of a free press is the story told by David Copeland in this book, which traces a confrontation that began with issues of religion and gradually...