Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History

by Edited by Lawrence J. Friedman , Mark D. McGarvie

• ISBN13: 9780521819893
• ISBN10: 052181989X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The study of philanthropy has transcended the structure of traditional disciplines, often involving non-historians in historical analysis. This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by the book's editors, in some instances taking issue with each other in the process. The overarching premise is that philanthropic activity in America has its roots in the desires of individuals to impose their visions of societal ideals or conceptions of truth upon their society. To do so, they have organized in groups, frequently defining themselves and their group's role in society in the process.

Table of Contents

Philanthropy in America: Historicism and Its Discontents	1	(22)
Lawrence J. Friedman
Part I: Giving and Caring in Early America, 1601--1861	23	(132)
Giving in America: From Charity to Philanthropy	29	(20)
Robert A. Gross
Protestant Missionaries: Pioneers of American Philanthropy	49	(22)
Amanda Porterfield
The Origins of Anglo-American Sensibility	71	(20)
G.J. Barker-Benfield
The Dartmouth College Case and the Legal Design of Civil Society	91	(16)
Mark D. McGarvie
Rethinking Assimilation: American Indians and the Practice of Christianity, 1800--1861	107	(22)
Stephen Warren
Antebellum Reform: Salvation, Self-Control, and Social Transformation	129	(26)
Wendy Gamber
Part II: The Nationalization and Internationalization of American Philanthropy, 1861--1930	155	(104)
Law, Reconstruction, and African American Education in the Post-Emancipation South	161	(18)
Roy E. Finkenbine
Women and Political Culture	179	(20)
Kathleen D. McCarthy
From Gift to Foundation: The Philanthropic Lives of Mrs. Russell Sage	199	(18)
Ruth Crocker
Curing Evils at Their Source: The Arrival of Scientific Giving	217	(24)
Judith Sealander
Missions to the World: Philanthropy Abroad	241	(18)
Emily S. Rosenberg
Part III: Philanthropic Reconstructions, 1930--2001	259	(126)
Failure and Resilience: Pushing the Limits in Depression and Wartime	263	(18)
David C. Hammack
Faith and Good Works: Catholic Giving and Taking	281	(20)
Mary J. Oates
In Defense of Diversity: Jewish Thought from Assimilationism to Cultural Pluralism	301	(18)
Stephen J. Whitfield
Waging the Cold War in the Third World: The Foundations and the Challenges of Development	319	(22)
Gary R. Hess
Philanthropy, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Politics of Racial Reform	341	(22)
Claude A. Clegg III
The Welfare State and the Careers of Public and Private Institutions Since 1945	363	(22)
Peter D. Hall
Epilogue: The European Comparison	385	(28)
William B. Cohen
Selected Sources and Suggestions for Further Readings	413	(38)
Author Profiles	451	(6)
Index	457