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Private Wealth and Public Life
Foundation Philanthropy and the Reshaping of American Social Policy from the Progressive Era to the New Deal
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Artikel-Nr:
9780801854606
Veröffentl:
1997
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.03.1997
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Judith Sealander
Gewicht:
671 g
Format:
236x163x29 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Judith Sealander is professor of history at Bowling Green State University. She is the author of As Minority Becomes Majority: Federal Reaction to the Phenomenon of Women in the Work Force, 1920-1963 and "Grand Plans" Business Progressivism and Social Change in the Ohio Miami Valley, 1890-1929, and co-author of Women of Valor: The Struggle against the Great Depression as Told in Their Own Life Stories.
The role of private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy at the beginning of this century is analyzed in this text. Focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to influence policy on education, social welfare and public health, the author addresses the access the foundations "bought"