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

Ruswick, Brent.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.
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Part of the series Philanthropic and nonprofit studies;Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) 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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