| Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917 Contributor(s): Ruswick, Brent (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253006341 ISBN-13: 9780253006349 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity - Social Science | Human Services - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 362.557 |
| LCCN: 2012026049 |
| Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |