TY - BOOK AU - Zunz,Olivier TI - Philanthropy in America: a history T2 - Politics and society in twentieth-century America SN - 9780691128368 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HV91 .Z86 2012 U1 - 361.70973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Charities KW - United States KW - History KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Humanitarianism KW - Endowments N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "For the improvement of mankind" -- The coming of mass philanthropy -- The regulatory compromise -- The private funding of affairs of state -- From humanitarianism to cold war -- Philanthropy at midcentury : "timid billions"? -- Investing in civil rights -- In search of a nonprofit sector -- American philanthropy and the world's communities ER -