01954nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003700112020002700149040002100176035002100197043001200218050002200230082002900252100002000281245013000301260005300431300001500484440004000499504005100539505047700590533015201067650004801219650003901267650004801306650003701354655002901391710001701420856012601437999001701563ebr10631193CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120726s2013    inu     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012026049  z9780253006349 (clo : alk. paper)  z9780253006387 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)822889991  an-us---14aHV91b.R87 2013eb04a362.5/576320973090342231 aRuswick, Brent.10aAlmost worthyh[electronic resource] :bthe poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 /cBrent Ruswick.  aBloomington :bIndiana University Press,cc2013.  axi, 264 p. 0aPhilanthropic and nonprofit studies  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction: 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPoorxServices forzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aCharitieszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aNature and nurturezUnited StatesxHistory. 0aPovertyzUnited StatesxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10631193zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c70328d70328