American Creed: Philanthropy and the Rise of Civil Society, 1700-1865University of Chicago Press, 15/04/2011 - 330 من الصفحات Since the dawn of the republic, faith in social equality, religious freedom, and the right to engage in civic activism have constituted our national creed. In this bracing history, Kathleen D. McCarthy traces the evolution of these ideals, exploring the impact of philanthropy and volunteerism on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. The market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations have all been closely linked since the birth of the United States. American Creed explores the relationships among these three institutions, showing how charities and reform associations forged partnerships with government, provided important safety valves for popular discontent, and sparked much-needed economic development. McCarthy also demonstrates how the idea of philanthropy became crucially wedded to social activism during the Jacksonian era. She explores how acts of volunteerism and charity became involved with the abolitionist movement, educational patronage, the struggle against racism, and female social justice campaigns. What resulted, she contends, were heated political battles over the extent to which women and African Americans would occupy the public stage. Tracing, then, the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this book will prove essential to anyone interested in American history and government. |
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... political revolution, America's associational revolution occurred with minimal fanfare. Explicit references to voluntary associations are absent from the country's key political documents: the Declaration of Independence, the ...
... political revolution, America's associational revolution occurred with minimal fanfare. Explicit references to voluntary associations are absent from the country's key political documents: the Declaration of Independence, the ...
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... political activities. Popular perceptions of the role of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations are often veiled in mythologies. Most studies present the nonprofit sector as a separate sphere, a prop to government, a counterweight, or ...
... political activities. Popular perceptions of the role of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations are often veiled in mythologies. Most studies present the nonprofit sector as a separate sphere, a prop to government, a counterweight, or ...
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... political power and the right to define the nation's agenda. The final element examined here is the sector's economic function: its least studied, least understood role. Social capital theorists such as Putnam argue that voluntary ...
... political power and the right to define the nation's agenda. The final element examined here is the sector's economic function: its least studied, least understood role. Social capital theorists such as Putnam argue that voluntary ...
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... political luminaries, underscoring the leveling potential of civil society. The second section of the book explores the clash of two competing visions of how the country should be governed during the antebellum years. During the heyday ...
... political luminaries, underscoring the leveling potential of civil society. The second section of the book explores the clash of two competing visions of how the country should be governed during the antebellum years. During the heyday ...
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... political change, they enhanced the status quo. Advocacy was a different matter. The war unleashed a flood of egalitarian rhetoric and a zeal for liberty that was difficult to contain, raising uncomfortable questions about who should ...
... political change, they enhanced the status quo. Advocacy was a different matter. The war unleashed a flood of egalitarian rhetoric and a zeal for liberty that was difficult to contain, raising uncomfortable questions about who should ...
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Testing the Faith | 121 |
Civil Society and the Civil War | 192 |
Notes | 209 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 301 |
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