Almost Worthy - The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917

Informationen zum Autor Brent Ruswick Klappentext Brent Ruswick is Assistant Professor of History at West Chester University. He is currently researching a book on the "mutual aid" theory of evolution in American reform. Zusammenfassung Examines a prominent organization for scientific social reform and poor relief Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Big Moll and the Science of Scientific Charity 2. "Armies of Vice": Evolution, Heredity, and the Pauper Menace 3. Friendly Visitors or Scientific Investigators? Befriending and Measuring the Poor 4. Opposition, Depression, and the Rejection of Pauperism 5. "I See No Terrible Army": Environmental Reform and Radicalism in the Scientific Charity Movement 6 The Potentially Normal Poor: Professional Social Work, Psychology, and the End of Scientific Charity Epilogue Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Brent Ruswick, Ruswick Brent
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2012
• EAN: 9780253006349
• ISBN: 978-0-253-00634-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit St; Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies; Philanthropic and Nonprofit St
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research