01954nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10631193 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120726s2013 inu sb 001 0 eng d 2012026049 9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper) 9780253006387 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)822889991 n-us--- HV91 .R87 2013eb 362.5/57632097309034 23 Ruswick, Brent. Almost worthy [electronic resource] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / Brent Ruswick. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013. xi, 264 p. Philanthropic and nonprofit studies 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. Poor Services for United States History. Charities United States History. Nature and nurture United States History. Poverty United States History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10631193 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 70328 70328