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Author : Richard S. Tompson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719004681
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Classics Or Charity? written by Richard S. Tompson and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert H. Bremner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351517473
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Giving written by Robert H. Bremner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal man." With these words the esteemed scholar Robert Bremner presents the first full-fledged history of attitudes toward charity and philanthropy. 'Giving' is a perfect complement to his earlier work The Discovery of Poverty in the United States. The word 'philanthropy' has been translated in a variety of ways: as a loving human disposition, loving kindness, love of mankind, charity, fostering mortal man, championing mankind, and helping people. Bremner's book covers all of these meanings in rich detail. Bremner describes the ancient world and classical attitudes toward giving and begging; Middle Ages and early modern times, emphasizing hospitals and patients and donors and attributes of charity; the eighteenth century and the age of benevolence; the nineteenth century and the growth of the concept of public relief and social policy; and a careful multiple chapter review of the twentieth century. Bremner reviews the act of giving in such comparative contexts as London, England and Kasrilevke, Russia with such figures as Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, and Sholem Aleichem, as well as the more familiar wealthy industrialist/philanthropists, forming part of the narrative. The final chapters bring the story up to date, discussing the relationships of modem philanthropy and organized charity, and the uses of philanthropy in education and the arts. Bremner has an astonishing knowledge of the cultural context and the economic contents of philanthropy. As a result, this volume is intriguing as well as important history, written with lively style and wit. Whether the reader is a professional in the so-called "third stream" or "independent sector," or simply a citizen wondering just what the act of giving and the spirit of receiving is all about, 'Giving' will be compelling reading.
Author : Isabel Cañas
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593436717
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)
Download or read book The Hacienda written by Isabel Cañas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches... During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security that his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost. But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined. When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatriz’s sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo’s sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatriz’s fears—but why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark the doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doña Solórzano? Beatriz only knows two things for certain: Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will save her. Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, Andrés will have to rely on his skills as a witch to fight off the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda and protect the woman for whom he feels a powerful, forbidden attraction. But even he might not be enough to battle the darkness. Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatriz’s doom.
Author : Janet Poppendieck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140245561
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Sweet Charity? written by Janet Poppendieck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic solutions to poverty and hunger. The resurgence of charity has to be a good thing, doesn't it? No, says sociologist Janet Poppendieck, not when stopgap charitable efforts replace consistent public policy, and poverty continues to grow.In Sweet Charity?, Poppendieck travels the country to work in soup kitchens and "gleaning" centers, reporting from the frontlines of America's hunger relief programs to assess the effectiveness of these homegrown efforts. We hear from the "clients" who receive meals too small to feed their families; from the enthusiastic volunteers; and from the directors, who wonder if their "successful" programs are in some way perpetuating the problem they are struggling to solve. Hailed as the most significant book on hunger to appear in decades, Sweet Charity? shows how the drive to end poverty has taken a wrong turn with thousands of well-meaning volunteers on board.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Summer written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first novels to deal honestly with a woman's sexual awakening, "Summer" created a sensation upon its 1917 publication. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Ethan Frome" shattered the standards of conventional love stories with candor and realism. Nearly a century later, this tale remains fresh and relevant.
Author : Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Public Charities written by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia R. Lieberman
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498560865
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions written by Julia R. Lieberman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by a team of international scholars addresses the topic of Charity through the lenses of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The contributors look for common paradigms in the ways the three faiths address the needs of the poor and the needy in their respective societies, and reflect on the interrelatedness of such practices among the three religions. They ask how the three traditions deal with the distribution of wealth, in the recognition that not all members of a given society have equal access to it, and in the relationship of charity to the inheritance systems and family structures. They reveal systemic patterns that are similar--norms, virtue, theological validations, exclusionary rules, private responsibility to society--issues that have implications for intercultural and interfaith understanding. Conversely, the essays inquire how the three faiths differ in their understanding of poverty, wealth, and justifications for charity.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Classic written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Calder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415505070
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Classical Islam written by Norman Calder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook presents more than sixty new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by leading specialists it illustrates the growth of Islamic thought from its seventh-century origins to the end of the medieval period.
Author : Rob Reich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691202273
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Just Giving written by Rob Reich and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn’t the unassailable good we think it to be but might also undermine democratic values. Big philanthropy is often an exercise of power, the conversion of private assets into public influence. And it is a form of power that is largely unaccountable and lavishly tax-advantaged. Philanthropy currently fails democracy, but Rob Reich argues that it can be redeemed. Just Giving investigates the ethical and political dimensions of philanthropy and considers how giving might better support democratic values and promote justice.
Author : Lawrence J. Friedman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521819893
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History written by Lawrence J. Friedman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by the books' editors, oftentimes taking issue with each other in the process. The overarching premise is that philanthropic activity in America has its roots in the desires of individuals to impose their visions of societal ideals or conceptions of truth upon their society. To do so, they have organized in groups, frequently defining themselves and their group's role in society in the process.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12904 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Greatest SF Classics written by Jules Verne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 12904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Sci-Fi collection: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Invisible Man... Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 20.000 Leagues under the Sea... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Last Man Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel The Scarlet Plague... R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She William H. Hodgson: The Night Land... Edgar Allan Poe: Some Words with a Mummy Mellonta Tauta... H. P. Lovecraft: The Cats of Ulthar Celephaïs Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward: 2000–1887 Equality... Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court George Orwell: 1984 Animal Farm Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Sinclair Lewis: It Can't Happen Here Yevgeny Zamyatin: We Owen Gregory: Meccania the Super-State Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James Fenimore Cooper: The Monikins Charlotte Gilman: Herland... Hugh Benson: Lord of the World Fred M. White: The Doom of London Ignatius Donnelly: Caesar's Column Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League Arthur D. Vinton: Looking Further Backward Robert Cromie: The Crack of Doom Anthony Trollope: The Fixed Period Cleveland Moffett: The Conquest of America Richard Jefferies: After London Milo Hastings: City of Endless Night Francis Stevens: The Heads of Cerberus Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Stanley G. Weinbaum: Stories from the Solar System Edward Everett Hale: The Brick Moon H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History Paratime Police Abraham Merritt: The Moon Pool... Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust... Otis Adelbert Kline: Venus Trilogy Mars Series Malcolm Jameson: Captain Bullard Series C. S. Lewis: Space Trilogy Garrett P. Serviss: Edison's Conquest of Mars... Arthur Conan Doyle: Professor Challenger Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost Continent Lewis Grassic Gibbon: Three Go Back
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Motion Picture Classic written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Commissioners on Charities and the Education of the Poor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Public Charities written by Great Britain. Commissioners on Charities and the Education of the Poor and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Coppě
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years written by Henry Coppě and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Coppée
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years written by Henry Coppée and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Swinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Sixth, Or, Classic English Reader written by William Swinton and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
