Philanthropy in America A History - Updated Edition

Name: Philanthropy in America A History - Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9780691161204

ISBN-10: 0691161208

ISBN-13: 9780691161204

Edition: 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Olivier Zunz

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American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society? Philanthropy in America is the first book to explore in depth the twentieth-century growth of this unique phenomenon. Ranging from the influential large-scale foundations established by tycoons such as John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and the mass mobilization of small donors by the Red Cross and March of Dimes, to the recent social advocacy of individuals like Bill Gates and George Soros, respected historian Olivier Zunz chronicles the tight connections…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.29" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Olivier Zunz is the Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of "Why the American Century?", "Making America Corporate", and "The Changing Face of Inequality".