In this Book
- Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
summary
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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Additional Information
ISBN
9780253006387
Related ISBN(s)
9780253006349
MARC Record
OCLC
843777439
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No