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Jim
04/12/2012 5:06pm
It will be interesting to see if this blog generates a discussion about how knowledge of our past history can help us make our present and future better.
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Frank H
05/03/2012 4:38am
Three history books which may be of interest and useful resources regarding TWG topics:
Robert H Bremner, American Philanthropy, 1988, 2ed.
Mina Carson, Settlement Folk, 1990.
Claude S Fischer, Made in America, 2010.
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Jim K
05/03/2012 6:00pm
They do look like good titles. If you could, can you let us know what issues the books deal with. Thanks, for making our first comment.
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Frank H
05/10/2012 4:11am
Jim
To explain I have not actually read these books (yet) as the topics are somewhat tangential to my interests.
However, more information is available at the UChicago books website (sort by title and scroll down to browse to the books mentioned in my previous post):
One book presents a history of philanthropy in America, another a history of the (Anglo-)American Settlement Movement.
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Frank H
06/07/2012 9:26pm
I would like to suggest an excellent book which does discuss the topic of philanthropy, as to what it really is in practice, and covering human behavior more generally in terms of what might be classed as economic sociology: Thorsten Veblen's widely available classic The Theory of the Leisure Class, first published in 1899.
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If I have time , I would like to read them. time is so precious.
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