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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ruswick, Brent
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013.
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.
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
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