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Almost Worthy

The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

By: Brent Ruswick

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Almost Worthy

The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

By: Brent Ruswick

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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Almost Worthy

The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

By: Brent Ruswick

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Almost Worthy

The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

By: Brent Ruswick

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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Indiana University Press

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0253006341

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9780253006349