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Philanthropy in America [electronic resource] : a history / Olivier Zunz.
Zunz, Olivier.
2012
HV91 .Z86 2012eb
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Title
Philanthropy in America [electronic resource] : a history / Olivier Zunz.
Author
Zunz, Olivier.
ISBN
9781400839414 (electronic bk.)
9780691128368
Publication Details
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 381 p.)
Call Number
HV91 .Z86 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
361.70973
Summary
American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society? Philanthropy in America is the first book to explore in depth the twentieth-century growth of this unique phenomenon. Ranging from the influential large-scale foundations established by tycoons such as John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and the mass mobilization of small donors by the Red Cross and March of Dimes, to the recent social advocacy of individuals....
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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"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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