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Tracing the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this work will prove useful to anyone interested in American history and government.

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"A tour de force.... [Modern philanthropists] should all read American Creed to be reminded of the traditional impulses and motives that inspired earlier American philanthropists, large and small, to use their money aggressively in the creation and defense of social justice." - Mark Dowie, Los Angeles Times; "While her riveting history of civil society from the founding to the Civil War focuses on philanthropy and religion, it is laced with keen insights into the place of civil disorder, repression, chivalry, and feminism in the American social order. This is history at its best. A work that is truly pertinent to our times." - Benjamin Barber"

American Creed Philanthropy the Rise of Civil

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 5/15/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226561981, 978-0226561981
      ISBN10: 0226561984
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      Book Synopsis
      Tracing the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this work will prove useful to anyone interested in American history and government.

      Trade Review
      "A tour de force.... [Modern philanthropists] should all read American Creed to be reminded of the traditional impulses and motives that inspired earlier American philanthropists, large and small, to use their money aggressively in the creation and defense of social justice." - Mark Dowie, Los Angeles Times; "While her riveting history of civil society from the founding to the Civil War focuses on philanthropy and religion, it is laced with keen insights into the place of civil disorder, repression, chivalry, and feminism in the American social order. This is history at its best. A work that is truly pertinent to our times." - Benjamin Barber"

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