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Author Ruswick, Brent.

Title Almost worthy [electronic resource] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 264 p.
Series Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Poor -- Services for -- United States -- History.
Charities -- United States -- History.
Nature and nurture -- United States -- History.
Poverty -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)
9780253006387 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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