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Author:

Ruswick, Brent.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Poor--History.--United States--History.
Charities--United States--History.
Nature and nurture--United States--History.
Poverty--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.

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.

Series:

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies

ISBN:

0253006384 (eb)
9780253006387 (eb)
0253006341 (clo : alk. paper)
9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)756596903

LCCN:

2012026049

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)