Almost worthy
Ruswick, Brent.
Almost worthy the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / [electronic resource] : Brent Ruswick. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (288 p.) - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780253006387 0253006384
Poverty--History.--United States
Nature and nurture--History.--United States
Charities--History.--United States
Poor--Services for--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV91 / .R87 2013
362.5/57632097309034
Almost worthy the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / [electronic resource] : Brent Ruswick. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (288 p.) - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780253006387 0253006384
Poverty--History.--United States
Nature and nurture--History.--United States
Charities--History.--United States
Poor--Services for--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV91 / .R87 2013
362.5/57632097309034