American Philanthropy
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 1982
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780226073286
Subjects: Social Services & Welfare; Politics - Current Events
First sentence: Ever since the seventeenth century, when Cotton Mather announced that Boston's helpfulness and readiness to every good work were well and favorably known in Heaven, Americans have regarded themselves as an unusually philanthropic people.