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Giving : Western ideas of philanthropy /
What ways do we have for understanding charity and philanthropy? How do we come to think in these ways? In this volume, historians of antiquity, the middle ages, early modern thought, and the Victorian era discuss the evolution of thinking about and practicing voluntary giving. An economist and an a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Philanthropic studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Philanthropy as a virtue in late antiquity and the Middle Ages / Scott Davis
- 2. Contexts of charity in the Middle Ages : religious, social and civic / Suzanne Roberts
- 3. Philosophical ideas of charity : some historical reflections / J.B. Schneewind
- 4. The philanthropic perspective after a hundred years / Alan Ryan
- 5. Charity, justice, and the idea of moral progress / Allen Buchanan
- 6. Losses and gains / Mary Douglas
- 7. Motivation, cognition, and charitable giving / Robert Frank
- 8. Philanthropy in the African American experience / Adrienne Lash Jones
- 9. "Human communion" or a free lunch : school dinners in Victorian and Edwardian London / Ellen Ross
- 10. Compromising to achieve : choice in international charity / Alex Rondos.