Ruswick, Brent. <br/><br/>
Almost worthy  the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 /  [electronic resource] : 
Brent Ruswick. 
 - Bloomington :  Indiana University Press,  c2013. 
 - xi, 264 p. 
 - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper) 9780253006387 (e-book) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poor--Services for--History.--United States<br/>Charities--History.--United States<br/>Nature and nurture--History.--United States<br/>Poverty--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV91  / .R87 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.5/57632097309034