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020			_a9780253006387
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020			_z9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aHV91 _b.R87 2013
082	0	0	_a362.5/57632097309034 _223
100	1		_aRuswick, Brent.
245	1	0	_aAlmost worthy _h[electronic resource] : _bthe poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / _cBrent Ruswick.
260			_aBloomington : _bIndiana University Press, _cc2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (288 p.)
490	0		_aPhilanthropic and nonprofit studies
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPoverty _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aNature and nurture _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCharities _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPoor _xServices for _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253006387/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c31728 _d31728