| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Giving/ edited by J.B. Schneewind. |
| Reminder of title: |
Western ideas of philanthropy / |
| other author: |
Schneewind, J. B. |
| Published: |
Bloomington :Indiana University Press, : c1996., |
| Description: |
xvi, 230 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| Series: |
Philanthropic studies |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Charities - History. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=23150An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0585225710 (electronic bk.) |