Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History

Name: Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History
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ISBN: 9780521819893

ISBN-10: 052181989X

ISBN-13: 9780521819893

Edition: 2003

Authors: Lawrence J. Friedman, Mark D. McGarvie

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The study of philanthropy has transcended the structure of traditional disciplines, often involving non-historians in historical analysis. 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 book's editors, in some instances 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,…

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List price: $74.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/9/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Introduction: philanthropy in America: historicism and its discontents




Giving and Caring in Early America, 1601-1861



Giving in America: from charity to organized philanthropy




Protestant missionaries: pioneers of early American philanthropy




The origins of Anglo-American sensibility




The Dartmouth College case and the legal design of American philanthropy




Rethinking assimilation: American Indians and the practice of Christianity, 1800-1861




Antebellum reform: salvation, self-control, and social transformation




The Nationalization and Internationalizing of American Philanthropy, 1861-1930



Law, reconstruction, and African-American education in post-emancipation South




Women and political culture




From gift to foundation: the philanthropic lives of Mrs Russell Sage




'Curing evils at their source': the arrival of 'scientific giving'




Missions to the world: philanthropy abroad




Philanthropic Reconstructions, 1930-2001



Failure and resilience: pushing the limits in depression and wartime




Faith and good works: catholic giving and taking




In defense of diversity: Jewish thought from assimilation to cultural pluralism




Waging the Cold War in the third world: the foundations and the challenges of development




Philanthropy, the civil rights movement, and the politics of racial reform




Philanthropy, the welfare state, and the careers of public and private institutions since 1945



Epilogue: The European Comparison