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Charity, philanthropy, and civility in American history /
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Title:Charity, philanthropy, and civility in American history / edited by Lawrence J. Friedman, Mark D. McGarvie.
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Publisher:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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ISBN:052181989X
9780521819893
- Format:Book
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Physical Desc:xi, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Philanthropy in America : historicism and its discontents / Lawrence J. Friedman
Giving in America : from charity to philanthropy / Robert A. Gross
Protestant missionaries : pioneers of American philanthropy / Amanda Porterfield
The origins of Anglo-American sensibility / G.J. Barker-Benfield
The Dartmouth College case and the legal design of civil society / Mark D. McGarvie
Rethinking assimilation : American Indians and the practice of Christianity, 1800-1861 / Stephen Warren
Antebellum reform : salvation, self-control, and social transformation / Wendy Gamber
Law, reconstruction, and African American education in the post-emancipation South / Roy E. Finkenbine
Women and political culture / Kathleen D. McCarthy
From gift to foundation : the philanthropic lives of Mrs. Russell Sage / Ruth Crocker
Curing evils at their source : the arrival of scientific giving / Judith Sealander
Missions to the world : philanthropy abroad / Emily S. Rosenberg
Failure and resilience : pushing the limits in Depression and wartime / David C. Hammack
Faith and good works : Catholic giving and taking / Mary J. Oates
In defense of diversity : Jewish thought from assimilation to cultural pluralism / Stephen J. Whitfield
Waging the Cold War in the third world : the foundations and the challenges of development / Gary R. Hess
Philanthropy, the Civil Rights movement, and the politics of racial reform / Claude A. Clegg III
The welfare state and the careers of public and private institutions since 1945 / Peter D. Hall
Epilogue : The European comparison / William B. Cohen. -
Subjects:Charities--United States--History.
Endowments--United States--History.
Charity organization--United States--History.
Social reformers--United States--History.
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