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

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Almost worthy [electronic resource] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.
xi, 264 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Poor Services for United States History.
Charities United States History.
Nature and nurture United States History.
Poverty United States History.
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title_full Almost worthy [electronic resource] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick.
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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.
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