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050 00 $aHV16$b.B74 1993
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100 1 $aBremner, Robert H.$q(Robert Hamlett),$d1917-2002.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061160
245 10 $aGiving :$bcharity and philanthropy in history /$cRobert H. Bremner.
260 $aNew Brunswick (U.S.A.) :$bTransaction Publishers,$c1994.
263 $a9311
300 $axiii, 235 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. The Ancient World -- Prologue: The First Philanthropist. 1. Classical Attitudes toward Giving and Begging. 2. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts on Giving and Charity -- Pt. 2. Middle Ages and Early Modern Times -- Prologue: A Hospital and Its Patients. 3. Begging, Fund Raising, and Charity. 4. Donors and Attributes of Charity. 5. God and Neighbor -- Pt. 3. The Eighteenth Century -- Prologue: The World Is All Alike. 6. The Age of Benevolence. 7. Poets and Philanthropists. 8. Beggars, Importunate and Long Remember'd -- Pt. 4. The Nineteenth Century -- Prologue: If All Were as Happy as We. 9. Relief of Need. 10. The Good Samaritan: Charles Dickens on Public Relief and Private Charity. 11. Philanthropy and Reform. 12. Love and Kindness -- Pt. 5. 1890s to the Present -- Prologue: And May Not This Be? 13. Paupers, Tramps, and Beggars. 14. Modern Philanthropy and Organized Charity. 15. Philanthropic Foundations and the Uses of Philanthropy in Higher Education and the Arts.
505 0 $a16. Giving by and for the Poor. 17. Current History: Stories from Life.
520 $a"According to Greek methodology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal man." With these words the esteemed scholar Robert Bremner presents the first full-fledged history of attitudes toward charity and philanthropy. Giving is a perfect complement to his earlier work The Discovery of Poverty in the United States.
520 8 $aThe word philanthropy has been translated in a variety of ways: as a loving human disposition, loving kindness, love of mankind, charity, fostering mortal man, championing mankind, and helping people. Bremner's book covers all of these meanings in rich detail.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aBremner describes the ancient world and classical attitudes toward giving and begging; Middle Ages and early modern times, emphasizing hospitals and patients and donors and attributes of charity; the eighteenth century and the age of benevolence; the nineteenth century and the growth of the concept of public relief and social policy; and a careful multiple chapter review of the twentieth century.
520 8 $aBremner reviews the act of giving in such comparative contexts as London, England and Kasrilevke, Russia with such figures as Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, and Sholem Aleichem, as well as the more familiar wealthy industrialist/philanthropists, forming part of the narrative.
520 8 $aThe final chapters bring the story up to date, discussing the relationships of modern philanthropy and organized charity, and the uses of philanthropy in education and the arts. Bremner has an astonishing knowledge of the cultural context and the economic contents of philanthropy. As a result, this volume is intriguing as well as important history, written with lively style and wit.
520 8 $aWhether the reader is a professional in the so-called "third stream" or "independent sector," or simply a citizen wondering just what the act of giving and the spirit of receiving is all about, Giving will be compelling reading.
650 0 $aCharities$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009118764
852 00 $bswx$hHV16$i.B74 1994
852 00 $bglx$hHV16$i.B74 1994