Charity, philanthropy, and civility in American history
By: edited by Lawrence J. Friedman, Mark D. McGarvie.
Contributors: Friedman, Lawrence Jacob, 1940-; McGarvie, Mark D. 1956-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9780521819893
Subjects: Charities -- United States -- History; Endowments -- United States -- History; Charity organization -- United States -- History; Social reformers -- United States -- History
Description: "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, often taking issue with each other in the process. The overarching premise is that philanthropic activity in American has its roots in the desires of individuals to impose their visions, 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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "Gift of Prof. Kenneth Hoover"-- Bookplate.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-449) and index.

Gift; Kenneth Hoover; May, 2006.
Table of contents: title: Philanthropy in America : historicism and its discontents / Lawrence J. Friedman; title: Giving in America : from charity to philanthropy / Robert A. Gross; title: Protestant missionaries : pioneers of American philanthropy / Amanda Porterfield; title: The origins of Anglo-American sensibility / G.J. Barker-Benfield; title: The Dartmouth College case and the legal design of civil society / Mark D. McGarvie; title: Rethinking assimilation : American Indians and the practice of Christianity, 1800-1861 / Stephen Warren; title: Antebellum reform : salvation, self-control, and social transformation / Wendy Gamber; title: Law, reconstruction, and African American education in the post-emancipation South / Roy E. Finkenbine; title: Women and political culture / Kathleen D. McCarthy; title: From gift to foundation : the philanthropic lives of Mrs. Russell Sage / Ruth Crocker; title: Curing evils at their source : the arrival of scientific giving / Judith Sealander; title: Missions to the world : philanthropy abroad / Emily S. Rosenberg; title: Failure and resilience : pushing the limits in Depression and wartime / David C. Hammack; title: Faith and good works : Catholic giving and taking / Mary J. Oates; title: In defense of diversity : Jewish thought from assimilation to cultural pluralism / Stephen J. Whitfield; title: Waging the Cold War in the third world : the foundations and the challenges of development / Gary R. Hess; title: Philanthropy, the Civil Rights movement, and the politics of racial reform / Claude A. Clegg III; title: The welfare state and the careers of public and private institutions since 1945 / Peter D. Hall; title: Epilogue : The European comparison / William B. Cohen.