"According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal ma

During the 19th century the U.S. and Britain came to share an economic profile unparalleled in their respective histories. This book suggests that this early hi

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“Offers . . . a clearer insight into the scope and function of philanthropy in political and private life and the impacts that women writers and activists had

In this revised and enlarged edition of his classic work, Robert H. Bremner provides a social history of American philanthropy from colonial times to the presen