Progress is not linear, it’s cyclical : old books and our field’s enduring vision – a modest proposal for readers of the SJRCC

Anglin, James (2025) Progress is not linear, it’s cyclical : old books and our field’s enduring vision – a modest proposal for readers of the SJRCC. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 24 (1). pp. 181-185. ISSN 1478-1840

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Abstract

I love books. Perhaps you do too. My passion for books really took hold when I discovered the book stacks in the library of my university during my first undergraduate semester. I fell in love with walking the rows and rows of books, on all subjects and disciplines. I loved the musty smell, and the phantasmagoria of shapes, sizes and colours.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	92848
  Dates:	Date Event 22 May 2025 Published 14 May 2025 Accepted
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS)
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	14 May 2025 14:38
  Last modified:	13 Nov 2025 01:12
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/92848