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Almost Worthy on Hardback by Brent Ruswick
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Almost Worthy

The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
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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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Brent Ruswick is Assistant Professor of History at West Chester University. He is currently researching a book on the "mutual aid" theory of evolution in American reform.
Release date Australia
December 17th, 2012
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  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
10 b&w illus.
Pages
288
Dimensions
152x229x23
ISBN-13
9780253006349
Product ID
19158951

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