Almost worthy [electronic resource] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick.
Material type: TextSeries: Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)ISBN:- 9780253006387
- 0253006384
- 362.5/57632097309034 23
- HV91 .R87 2013
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.
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