Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society: Experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America
In Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society, Thomas Adam has assembleda comparative set of case studies that challenge long-held and little-studiedassumptions about the modern development of philanthropy. Histories of philanthropyhave often neglected European patterns of giving and the importance of financialpatronage to the emergence of modern industrialized societies. It has long beenassumed, for example, that Germany never developed civic traditions of philanthropyas in the United States. In truth, however, 19th-century German museums, artgalleries, and social housing projects were not only privately founded andsupported, they were also…
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- ISBN: 978-0-253-34313-0
- EAN: 9780253343130
- Produktnummer: 1773299
- Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.3 cm 513 g
- Gewicht: 513
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
Thomas Adam is Assistant Professor of German and Transatlantic European History at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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