How philanthropy has shaped America in the twentieth century American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizensh

In this revised and enlarged edition of his classic work, Robert H. Bremner provides a social history of American philanthropy from colonial times to the presen

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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 recogniz

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