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Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities(Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities(Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)


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Foundations are socially and politically significant, but this simple fact... has mostly been ignored by students of American history.... This collection represents an important contribution to an emerging field." -Kenneth Prewitt, Social Science Research Council

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Foundations in History: New Possibilities for Scholarship and Practice /Ellen Condliffe Lagemann Part I. Foundations as Organizations 1. Resolving the Dilemmas of Democratic Governance: The Historical Development of Trusteeship in America, 1636-1996 /Peter Dobkin Hall 2. Foundations in the American Polity, 1900-1950 /David Hammack 3. Private Foundations as Public Institutions: Regulation, Professionalization, and the Redefinition of Organized Philanthropy /Peter Frumkin Part II. Case Studies in Early Twentieth Century Foundation Philanthropy 4. Constructing a New Political Economy: Philanthropy, Institution-Building, and Consumer Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century /Meg Jacobs 5. Selling the Public on Public Health: The Commonwealth and Milbank Health Demonstrations and the Meaning of Community Health Education /Elizabeth Toon 6. Constructing the Normal Child: The Rockefeller Philanthropies and the Science of Child Development, 1918-1940 /Julia Grant 7. Mary van Kleeck of the Russell Sage Foundation: Religion, Social Science, and the Ironies of Parasitic Modernity /Guy Alchon Part III: Foundations and Recent Social Memory 8. The Ford Foundation and Philanthropic Activism in the 1960s /Alice O'Connor 9. The Ford Foundation's War on Poverty: Private Philanthropy and Race Relations in New York City, 1948-1968 /Gregory K. Raynor 10. Grassrooting the System: The Development and Impact of Social Movement Philanthropy, 1953-1990 /J. Craig Jenkins and Abigail Halcli 11. When Grantees Become Grantors: Accountability, Democracy, and Social Movement Philanthropy /Susan Ostrander 12. The Ford Foundation and Women's Studies in American Higher Education: Seeds of Change /Rosa Proietto Part IV: Writing the History of Foundations 13. Going for Broke: The Historian's Commitment to Philanthropy /Barry D. Karl 14. In Search of the Ford Foundation /Richard Magat 15. The History of Philanthropy as Life-History: A Biographer's View of Mrs. Russell Sage /Ruth Hutchinson Crocker 16. Local Philanthropy Matters: Pressing Issues for Research and Practice /William S. McKersie 17. The Future of Foundation History: Suggestions for Research and Practice /Lucy Bernholz Bibliography: Recent Writings about Foundations in History /Susan Kastan Contributors Index

About the Author :
ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN is professor in the Center for the Study of American Culture and Education at New York University.

Review :
"Foundations are socially and politically significant, but this simple fact ... has mostly been ignored by students of American history... This collection represents an important contribution to an emerging field." - Kenneth Prewitt, Social Science Research Council


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780253335005
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 440
  • Series Title: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
  • Weight: 771 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0253335000
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 1999
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: New Scholarship, New Possibilities
  • Width: 156 mm


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