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Philanthropy in America : a history
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Philanthropy in America : a history / Olivier Zunz.
ISBN
9780691128368 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691128367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Physical Description
x, 381 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 28, 2011
Series
Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"For the improvement of mankind"
The coming of mass philanthropy
The regulatory compromise
The private funding of affairs of state
From humanitarianism to cold war
Philanthropy at midcentury : "timid billions"?
Investing in civil rights
In search of a nonprofit sector
American philanthropy and the world's communities.
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