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Development of the Social Sciences in the United States and Canada - The Role of Philanthropy

English · Hardback

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PART I-INTRODUCTION
Introduction: The Social Sciences and Their Philanthropic Mentors, Theresa Richardson and Donald Fisher
Critical and Conventional Images of the Rockefeller Philanthropies in the Sociological Literature, Edward T. Silva
The Rockefeller Boards: The Organization of Philanthropy and the Origins of the Social Sciences, Theresa Richardson
PART II-FROM PERSONALITIES TO PROGRAMS
"The World We Seek as Christians," Mary van Kleeck
Philanthropy and Early Social Science Initiatives, Guy Alchon
A Matter of Trust: Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Creation of the Social Science Research Councils in the United States and Canada, Donald Fisher
Part III-FORMALIZING PERSPECTIVES AND DISCIPLINES
A Few Good Men: The Rockefeller Approach to Population, 1911-1936, Jennifer Gunn
The World as Laboratory: Strategies of Field Research Developed by Mental Hygiene Psychologists in Toronto, 1920-1940, Hans Pols
The Yale Connection in American Psychology: Philanthropy, War and the Emergence of an Academic Elite, James J. Capshew
PART IV-APPLYING AND DISSEMINATING SOCIAL SCIENCE
Applying the New Psychology: Parent Education and Philanthropy, Judith Sealander
Reaching Human Minds: Rockefeller Philanthropy and Communications, 1935-1939, William J. Buxton
Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Social Sciences: International Perspectives, Edward H. Berman
Does Funding Produce Its Effects? The Rockefeller Case, Stephen P. Turner
References
About the Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index


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Theresa M. Richardson, Donald Fisher

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Authors Donald Fisher, Theresa Richardson
Publisher Praeger
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.04.1999
 
EAN 9781567504057
ISBN 978-1-56750-405-7
No. of pages 294
Dimensions 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
Weight 631 g
Subject Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics

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