American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad : New Directions in the History of Giving /: New Directions in the History of Giving. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ben Offiler, Rachel Williams.
• Editors: Offiler, Ben; Williams, Rachel
• Contents: List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Religion and Philanthropy Heaping Coals of Fire on the Enemy's Head: the Political Uses of Christian Benevolence in the Civil War Rachel Williams'Ministry of Helpfulness': Near East Relief and Protestant Philanthropic Secularism, 1915-1930 Scott P. LibsonPhilanthropy as Exchange: American Missionaries and the International Religious Liberty Debate Emma LongPart II: Cultural Networks Nineteenth-Century Abolition and the Unquiet Library: Transatlantic Print Culture and the Making of the 'Celebrated Philanthropist', Anthony Benezet Bridget BennettTowards a Cultural Counter-Establishment: Huntington Hartford and his Eponymous Foundation, 1948-1965 Karen Patricia HeathThe Ford Foundation's Cultural Cold War in Berlin Amanda NiedfeldtPart III: Diplomacy and International DevelopmentWomen's Educational Philanthropy and Civil-Society Diplomacy: Opposing US Legislation Prohibiting Japanese Immigration While Fundraising for a Tokyo Women's College, 1900-1929 Linda L. JohnsonCultivating 'Good Will' Through Rural Welfare: The Near East Foundation in Iran, 1943-1951 Ben OffilerFrom Books to Land Rovers: The Informal, Small Philanthropy of the AFL-CIO and the ICFTU in Africa During the Early Cold War Kevin E. GrimmPart IV: Challenging PhilanthropyIdentifying a Menace to the National Welfare: The Final Report of the United States Commission on Industrial Relation and the Progressive Era Critique of Philanthropic Foundations Margaret Nettesheim HoffmannKlanishness and American Fraternalism: Examining Charity and Philanthropy in the Second Ku Klux Klan Miguel HernandezBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: Social & cultural history; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; History -- United States -- General; History -- Social History; Social Science -- Philanthropy & Charity; History of the Americas
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350151970; 1350151971
• Related ISBNs: 9781350151956
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