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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
From the mid-19th century until the rise of the modern welfare state in the early 20th century, Anglo-American philanthropic giving gained an unprecedented measure of cultural authority as it changed in kind and degree. Civil society took on the responsibility for confronting the adverse effects of industrialism, and transnational discussions of poverty, urbanization, women's work, and sympathy provided a means of understanding and debating social reform. While philanthropic institutions left a transactional record of money and materials, philanthropic discourse yielded a rich corpus of writin. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface: Telescopic Philanthropy Redeemed; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing Philanthropy in the United States and Britain; 1 The Poverty of Sympathy; 2 Self-Undermining Philanthropic Impulses: Philanthropy in the Mirror of Narrative; 3 Education as Violation and Benefit: Doctrinal Debate and the Contest for India's Girls; 4 Urban Reform and the Plight of the Poor in Women's Journalistic Writing; 5 Lady Bountiful for the Empire: Upper-Class Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society; 6 Patrons, Philanthropists, and Professionals: Henry James's Roderick Hudson. |
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7 "Witnessing Them Day after Day": Ethical Spectatorship and Liberal Reform in Walter Besant's Children of Gibeon8 "The Orthodox Creed of the Business World"? Philanthropy and Liberal Individualism in Edith Wharton's The Fruit of the Tree; 9 Sustaining Gendered Philanthropy through Transatlantic Friendship: Jane Addams, Henrietta Barnett, and Writing for Reciprocal Mentoring; Conclusion; Afterword: Follow the Money; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Social problems in literature.
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Social problems in literature. |
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Humanitarianism in literature.
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Humanitarianism in literature. |
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Charity in literature.
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Charity in literature. |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Social movements in literature.
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Social movements in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Christianson, Frank, editor.
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Thorne-Murphy, Leslee, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Philanthropic discourse in Anglo-American literature, 1850-1920. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017 9780253029553 (DLC) 2017026849 (OCoLC)967502406 |
| ISBN |
9780253029553 (electronic book) |
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0253029554 (electronic book) |
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9780253029881 (electronic book) |
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0253029880 (electronic book) |
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0253029554 |
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9780253029843 |
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0253029848 |
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