Almost worthy the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick.

Author/creator Ruswick, Brent
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press,
Descriptionxi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesPhilanthropic and nonprofit studies
Contents Introduction: Big Moll and the science of scientific charity -- "Armies of vice": evolution, heredity, and the pauper menace -- Friendly visitors or scientific investigators? Befriending and measuring the poor -- Opposition, depression, and the rejection of pauperism -- "I see no terrible army": environmental reform and radicalism in the scientific charity movement -- The potentially normal poor: professional social work, psychology, and the end of scientific charity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
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LCCN 2012026049
ISBN9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253006387 (eb)

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