{"product_id":"american-philanthropy-at-home-and-abroad-9781350151956","title":"American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Philanthropy at Home and Abroad \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the different ways in which charities, voluntary associations, religious organisations, philanthropic foundations and other non-state actors have engaged with traditions of giving.Using examples from the late eighteenth century to the Cold War, the collection addresses a number of major themes in the history of philanthropy in the United States. These examples include the role of religion, the significance of cultural networks, and the interplay between civil diplomacy and international development, as well as individual case studies that challenge the very notion of philanthropy as a social good.Led by Ben Offiler and Rachel Williams, the authors demonstrate the benefits of embracing a broad definition of philanthropy, examining how American concepts including benevolence and charity have been used and interpreted by different groups and individuals in an effort to shape  and at least nominally to improve  people's lives both wi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Philanthropy at Home and Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e makes an essential contribution to understanding the diversity and complexity of Americans’ giving. Exploring a broad range of efforts to shape public priorities through philanthropy, this volume offers a fascinating examination of Americans’ ideas about community, moral responsibility, politics, inequality, and much more. * Amanda B. Moniz, David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, USA *\u003cbr\u003eIn this expertly compiled collection, Ben Offiler and Rachel Williams have brought together a range of leading scholars to provide a nuanced and thoughtful assessment of American philanthropy in its domestic and international contexts. With chapters focusing on the role of religious groups, cultural networks, and the state in promoting philanthropy, and two chapters examining groups who opposed its key concepts, the collection's contributors demonstrate the latest scholarship in this burgeoning field and raise important questions for anybody interested in the larger history of the United States' relationship with the concept of giving. * Bevan Sewell, Associate Professor in American History, University of Nottingham, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations                                                                                                                  List of Contributors                                                                                                     Acknowledgements                                                                                                                 Introduction                                                                                                                             \u003cb\u003ePart I: Religion and Philanthropy \u003c\/b\u003e Heaping Coals of Fire on the Enemy’s Head: the Political Uses of Christian Benevolence in the Civil War                                                                                                                                  \u003ci\u003eRachel Williams\u003c\/i\u003e “Ministry of Helpfulness”: Near East Relief and Protestant Philanthropic Secularism, 1915-1930                                                                                                                                                \u003ci\u003eScott P. Libson\u003c\/i\u003e Philanthropy as Exchange: American Missionaries and the International Religious Liberty Debate                                                                                                                                            \u003ci\u003eEmma Long\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Cultural Networks \u003c\/b\u003e Nineteenth-Century Abolition and the Unquiet Library: Transatlantic Print Culture and the Making of the “Celebrated Philanthropist”, Anthony Benezet                                             \u003ci\u003eBridget Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e Towards a Cultural Counter-Establishment: Huntington Hartford and his Eponymous Foundation, 1948-1965                                                                                                   \u003ci\u003eKaren Patricia Heath\u003c\/i\u003e The Ford Foundation’s Cultural Cold War in Berlin                                                              \u003ci\u003eAmanda Niedfeldt\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Diplomacy and International Development\u003c\/b\u003e Women’s Educational Philanthropy and Civil-Society Diplomacy: Opposing US Legislation Prohibiting Japanese Immigration While Fundraising for a Tokyo Women’s College, 1900-1929                                                                                                                                             \u003ci\u003eLinda L. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e Cultivating “Good Will” Through Rural Welfare: The Near East Foundation in Iran, 1943-1951                                                                                                                                                \u003ci\u003eBen Offiler\u003c\/i\u003e From Books to Land Rovers: The Informal, Small Philanthropy of the AFL-CIO and the ICFTU in Africa During the Early Cold War                                                                                \u003ci\u003eKevin E. Grimm\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Challenging Philanthropy\u003c\/b\u003e Identifying 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                                                                                                                                    \u003ci\u003eMargaret Nettesheim Hoffmann\u003c\/i\u003e Klanishness and American Fraternalism: Examining Charity and Philanthropy in the Second Ku Klux Klan                                                                                                                              \u003ci\u003eMiguel Hernandez\u003c\/i\u003e Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019630903639,"sku":"9781350151956","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350151956.jpg?v=1750780839","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-philanthropy-at-home-and-abroad-9781350151956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}