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

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In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the ""unworthy"" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with statistics and confused notions of evolution, these ""scientific charity"" reformers founded organizations intent o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ruswick, Brent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Temas:
Poor > Services for > United States > History.
Charities > United States > History.
Nature and nurture > United States > History.
Poverty > United States > History.
Pauvres > Services > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hérédité et milieu > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pauvreté > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Charities
Nature and nurture
Poor > Services for
Poverty
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the ""unworthy"" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with statistics and confused notions of evolution, these ""scientific charity"" reformers founded organizations intent on limiting access to relief by the most morally, biologically, and economically unfit. Brent Ruswick examines a prominent national organization for scientific social reform and poor relief in Indianapolis in order to understand how these new theories of poverty gave birth to new programs to assist the poor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253006387
0253006384

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