Almost worthy [[electronic resource] ] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / / Brent Ruswick |
Autore | Ruswick Brent |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/57632097309034 |
Collana | Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Services for - United States - History
Charities - United States - History Nature and nurture - United States - History Poverty - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-85151-2
0-253-00638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Big Moll and the science of scientific charity -- "Armies of vice": evolution, heredity, and the pauper menace -- Friendly visitors or scientific investigators? Befriending and measuring the poor -- Opposition, depression, and the rejection of pauperism -- "I see no terrible army": environmental reform and radicalism in the scientific charity movement -- The potentially normal poor: professional social work, psychology, and the end of scientific charity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452689303321 |
Ruswick Brent | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Almost worthy [[electronic resource] ] : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / / Brent Ruswick |
Autore | Ruswick Brent |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/57632097309034 |
Collana | Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Services for - United States - History
Charities - United States - History Nature and nurture - United States - History Poverty - United States - History |
ISBN |
1-283-85151-2
0-253-00638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Big Moll and the science of scientific charity -- "Armies of vice": evolution, heredity, and the pauper menace -- Friendly visitors or scientific investigators? Befriending and measuring the poor -- Opposition, depression, and the rejection of pauperism -- "I see no terrible army": environmental reform and radicalism in the scientific charity movement -- The potentially normal poor: professional social work, psychology, and the end of scientific charity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779362003321 |
Ruswick Brent | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Almost worthy : the poor, paupers, and the science of charity in America, 1877-1917 / / Brent Ruswick |
Autore | Ruswick Brent |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/57632097309034 |
Collana | Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Services for - United States - History
Charities - United States - History Nature and nurture - United States - History Poverty - United States - History |
ISBN |
1-283-85151-2
0-253-00638-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Big Moll and the science of scientific charity -- "Armies of vice": evolution, heredity, and the pauper menace -- Friendly visitors or scientific investigators? Befriending and measuring the poor -- Opposition, depression, and the rejection of pauperism -- "I see no terrible army": environmental reform and radicalism in the scientific charity movement -- The potentially normal poor: professional social work, psychology, and the end of scientific charity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806940503321 |
Ruswick Brent | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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