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

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal:	Ruswick, Brent
Autor Corporativo:	ebrary, Inc
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	inglés
Publicado:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.
Series:	Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
Subjects:	Poor > Services for > United States > History. Charities > United States > History. Nature and nurture > United States > History. Poverty > United States > History. Electronic books.
Acceso en liña:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.

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