The Story
Readers will learn the evolution of the helping tradition from traditional Africa to slavery in the United States, among free blacks, through Reconstruction, and into rural and urban states. Spread through fictive kinship and religious consciousness, the tradition incorporated mutual aid, socialclass cooperation, male/female equality, and prosocial behavior in children.HighlightsHelping Tradition in Traditional Africa & in Slavery Among Free BlacksDuring Reconstruction in Rural & Urban AmericaBlack Helping Tradition & Social WorkAlso available:Our Diverse Society: Race and Ethnicity Implications for 21st Century American Society ISBN 087101372XAffirmative Practice: Understanding and Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons ISBN 0871013525NASW PressNASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad.Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.Some of the areas we publish in include:Social work in the field of agingModels of social workSocial work with children and adolescentsEthics in social workCommunity organizationProfessional development
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Readers will learn the evolution of the helping tradition from traditional Africa to slavery in the United States, among free blacks, through Reconstruction, and into rural and urban states. Spread through fictive kinship and religious consciousness, the tradition incorporated mutual aid, socialclass cooperation, male/female equality, and prosocial behavior in children.HighlightsHelping Tradition in Traditional Africa & in Slavery Among Free BlacksDuring Reconstruction in Rural & Urban AmericaBlack Helping Tradition & Social WorkAlso available:Our Diverse Society: Race and Ethnicity Implications for 21st Century American Society ISBN 087101372XAffirmative Practice: Understanding and Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons ISBN 0871013525NASW PressNASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad.Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.Some of the areas we publish in include:Social work in the field of agingModels of social workSocial work with children and adolescentsEthics in social workCommunity organizationProfessional development
