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Almost Worthy - The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R934
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Almost Worthy - The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917 (Hardcover): Brent Ruswick

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

Brent Ruswick

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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 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.

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Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2012
First published: September 2012
Authors: Brent Ruswick
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-00634-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Charities & voluntary services
LSN: 0-253-00634-1
Barcode: 9780253006349

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