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

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
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Physical Description:xi, 264 p.
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300 |a xi, 264 p. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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