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Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada : American philanthropy and the arts and letters in Canada /

In the first half of the twentieth century, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation helped to create and maintain a cultural and intellectual infrastructure in Canada that benefited key institutions such as University of Toronto, McGill University, the National Gallery, the Humanitie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brison, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey David), 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: American Philanthropy if Necessary but Not Necessarily American Philanthropy
  • PART ONE: BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
  • 1 The Business of Benevolence
  • 2 The Early Years of American Philanthropy in Canada: Building Schools, Building Canada
  • PART TWO: AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY, IMAGINED COMMUNITIES, AND THE STRUCTURING OF THE ARTS IN CANADA, 1927â€?1952
  • 3 American Philanthropy, Cultural Interpretation, and Imagined Communities in Canada
  • 4 The Carnegie Corporation, Cultural Philanthropy, and a New Deal for the Arts in CanadaPART THREE: AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY AND CANADIAN LETTERS
  • 5 American Philanthropy and Intellectual Development in Canada, 1930â€?1957
  • Conclusion: A New Foundation
  • Epilogue: With Strings Attached
  • Appendix: Foundation Grants in Canada, 1911â€?1950
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index