Philanthropy, patronage, and civil society : experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America /

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Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Subject:Charities -- Germany -- History -- Congresses.
Charities -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses.
Charities -- North America -- History -- Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
Charities.
Germany.
Great Britain.
North America.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139071
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Other authors / contributors:Adam, Thomas, 1968-
ISBN:0253110866
9780253110862
0253343135
9780253343130
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Reworked papers of a conference held at the University of Toronto, May 2001.
Includes index.
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Summary:In this book, Thomas Adam has assembled a comparative set of case studies that challenge long-held and little-studied assumptions about the modern development of philanthropy. The comparative method of the essays reveal the extent to which the wealthy classes on both sides of the Atlantic defined themselves through their philanthropic activities.
Other form:Print version: Philanthropy, patronage, and civil society. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253343135