Transnational philanthropy : the Mond Family's support for public institutions in Western Europe from 1890 to 1938 /: the Mond Family's support for public institutions in Western Europe from 1890 to 1938. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Adam.
• Authors: Adam, Thomas, 1968-
• Contents: Dedication ; Preface; Contents ; List of Figures ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Transnational Spaces in History; Notes; Chapter 2: The Monds: A Transnational Family; Ludwig Mond's Family and Education; Academic and Professional Honors Bestowed Upon Ludwig Mond35; Relocating to England; The Founding of Brunner & Mond; Henriette Hertz Joins the Mond Family; The Social Policies of Brunner & Mond; From Businessman to Philanthropist; Ludwig Mond's Major Donations to Science177; Notes; Chapter 3: Gifts to the Nations: Ludwig Mond's Art Collections in London and Rome; The Birth of the Mond Collection Transnational Art Collecting and the Protection of National Art The Hertz Collection in Rome46; The Mond Collection in London49; List of Pictures Offered by Ludwig Mond to the Trustees of the National Gallery51; Ludwig Mond's Gift to the British Nation; Paintings Given to Her Sons by Frida Mond in Her Last Will; The Cerasoli List of Paintings64; Pictures Selected for the National Gallery by the Trustees of the National Gallery75; The Gift to the Toronto Art Gallery; List of Paintings from the Ludwig Mond Collection That Were Donated to the Toronto Art Gallery The Mond Room at the National Gallery The Conflict Over the Treatment of the Mond Collection Between the Mond Family and the National Gallery; Ludwig Mond and Henriette Hertz's Collaborative Gift to the German Nation: The Bibliotheca Hertziana; Notes; Chapter 4: Transnational Giving in the Age of National Confrontation: Ludwig Mond's Bequests for the University of Heidelberg, the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and the City of Cassel; The Impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Transnational Philanthropy; Making the Case of Being a Transnational Institution The Share of Foreign Students Within the Student Body of the University of Heidelberg, 1890-192317 Share of British and American Students at the University of Heidelberg, 1880-188520; The Tedious Negotiations Between the British Board of Trade and the German Beneficiaries; The Share of Foreign Students Within the Student Body of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, 1895/1896-193058; The National Origin of the Foreign Students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, 1902-191462; Notes; Chapter 5: Why Some Wealthy Give: Sir Alfred and Sir Robert Mond's Attitudes Toward Philanthropy Sir Alfred and Sir Robert Mond's Apprenticeship in PhilanthropyDonations of Sir Robert Mond During His Lifetime8; The Transnational Making of a Nation-State: Sir Alfred Mond and the Jewish National Fund; Donations Toward the Palestine Foundation Fund from April 1921 to September 193950; Expenditures of the Palestine Foundation Fund from April 1921 to September 193954; Sir Robert Mond and the Infants' Hospital in Vincent Square; Infant Mortality; Deaths in England and Wales at Various Ages in the Year of 190071; The Infants' Health Society
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)
• Subjects: 361.7/40922; History; Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Public institutions -- Europe, Western -- History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services; Families; Philanthropists; Public institutions; History -- World; History -- Social History; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; General & world history; Social & cultural history; Central government policies; World history; Social history; Social policy; History -- Europe -- General; European history; Europe, Western; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic books; Biography; History; Family
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319291277; 3319291270; 3319291262; 9783319291260
• Related ISBNs: 9783319291260
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016).
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