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A landmark three-volume reference work documenting philanthropy and the nonprofit sector throughout American history, edited by the field's most widely recognized authority.
ABC-Clio
August 2004
1200 pages ISBN: 1576078604 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Historical
In the United States, individuals, corporations, and
foundations contribute more than $200 billion annually to
philanthropic enterprises, fueling a nonprofit sector that
represents approximately 10 percent of the economy.
Philanthropy in America offers the first comprehensive
survey of this emerging area of scholarship in American
history and life. Developed under the guidance of Dr. Dwight Burlingame of
the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, one of the
nation's premier institutes for the study of philanthropy,
the three-volume Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive
Historical Encyclopedia is the definitive work on
philanthropic, charitable, and nonprofit endeavors in the
United States. The first section of the encyclopedia
contains over 200 A–Z entries covering the lives of
important philanthropists, the missions and practices of
key institutions and organizations, and the impact of
seminal events throughout the history of the nonprofit
sector in America, from precolonial times to the present. Discussions of philanthropic traditions in ancient
civilizations, in Europe during colonial times, and in
countries around the world today provide fascinating
contexts for understanding how the American philanthropic
experience has developed. The encyclopedia also includes a
collection of primary source documents (legislation,
foundation reports, mission statements, etc.) for
convenient review and further research.
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