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1 online resource (xv, 382 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Philanthropic studies
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Philanthropic studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Reciprocity and assistance in precolonial Africa / Steven Feierman -- 2. A comparative study in Native American philanthropy -- 3. Contextualizing philanthropy in South Asia : a textual analysis of Sanskrit sources / Leona Anderson -- 4. Generosity and service in Theravāda Buddhism / Ananda W.P Guruge and G.D. Bond -- 5. The Mahāyāna Buddhist foundation for philanthropic practices / Leslie S. Kawamura -- 6. Philanthropy, the law, and public policy in the Islamic world before the modern era / Said Amir Arjomand -- 7. Chinese philanthropy as seen through a case of famine relief in the 1640s / Joanna F. Handlin Smith -- 8. A view of philanthropy in Japan : Confucian ethics and education / Mary Evelyn Tucker -- 9. The origins of modern Jewish philanthropy / Derek J. Penslar -- 10. Mount Holyoke missionaries and non-Western women : the motivations and consequences of nineteenth-century American missionary philanthropy / Amanda Porterfield -- 11. Orthodox Christianity, the nation-state, and philanthropy : focus on the Serbian Orthodox Church / Miroslav Ružica -- 12. Hindu philanthropy and civil society / Mark Juergensmeyer and Darrini M. McMahon -- 13. Religious authority, reform, and philanthropy in the contemporary Muslim world / Gregory C. Kozlowski -- 14. From repression to revival : philanthropy in twentieth-century Russia / Adele Lindenmeyr -- 15. State power and the philanthropic impulse in China today / Vivienne Shue -- 16. Civil society and philanthropy in Latin America : from religious charity to the search for citizenship / Andrés A. Thompson and Leilah Landim. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Charities -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Charities. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Charities -- History -- Cross-cultural studies.
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History. |
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Social service -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Social service. |
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Social service -- History -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Social service -- Religious aspects.
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Social service -- Religious aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ilchman, Warren Frederick.
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Katz, Stanley Nider.
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Queen, Edward L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Philanthropy in the world's traditions. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1998 025333392X (DLC) 97051241 (OCoLC)38120603 |
| ISBN |
0585235252 (electronic book) |
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9780585235257 (electronic book) |
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9780253112927 (electronic book) |
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0253112923 (electronic book) |
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025333392X (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253333926 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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