Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society
Subtitle: Experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780253343130
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Social Science; Sociology; North America; Europe - Germany; Philanthropy & Charity; Charities; Congresses; Germany; Great Britain
First sentence: Because of the establishment of the United States and Canada as independent countries, the development of nation-states in Europe, and the existence of competing political forms on both sides of the Atlantic, it is commonly accepted that the modern era is best characterized by exceptionalism and separatism.