TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruswick,Brent
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Almost worthy: the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 
SN  - 9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)
AV  - HV91 .R87 2013eb
U1  - 362.5/57632097309034 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Poor
KW  - Services for
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Charities
KW  - Nature and nurture
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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