Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American HistoryLawrence J. Friedman, Mark D. McGarvie Cambridge University Press, 2003 - 467 หน้า This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by the books' editors, oftentimes taking issue with each other in the process. The overarching premise is that philanthropic activity in America has its roots in the desires of individuals to impose their visions of societal ideals or conceptions of truth upon their society. To do so, they have organized in groups, frequently defining themselves and their group's role in society in the process. |
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Giving in America From Charity to Philanthropy | 29 |
Protestant Missionaries Pioneers of American Philanthropy | 49 |
The Origins of AngloAmerican Sensibility | 71 |
The Dartmouth College Case and the Legal Design of Civil Society | 91 |
Rethinking Assimilation American Indians and the Practice of Christianity 18001861 | 107 |
Antebellum Reform Salvation SelfControl and Social Transformation | 129 |
The Nationalization and Internationalization of American Philanthropy 18611930 | 155 |
Law Reconstruction and African American Education in the PostEmancipation South | 161 |
Philanthropic Reconstructions 193020001 | 259 |
Failure and Resilience Pushing the Limits in Depression and Wartime | 263 |
Faith and Good Works Catholic Giving and Taking | 281 |
In Defense of Diversity Jewish Though from Assimilations to Cultural Pluralism | 301 |
Waging the Cold War in the Third World The Foundations and the Challenges of Development | 319 |
Philanthropy the Civil Rights Movement and the Politics of Racial Reform | 341 |
The Welfare State and Careers of Public and Private Institutions and Since 1945 | 363 |
The European Comparison | 385 |
Women and Political Culture | 179 |
From Gift to Foundation The Philanthropic Lives of Mrs Russel Sage | 199 |
Curing Evils at Their Source The Arrival of Scientific Giving | 217 |
Missions to the World Philanthropy Abroad | 241 |
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