Almost worthy : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 /

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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Main Author: Ruswick, Brent
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013.
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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