Philanthropy and voluntarism are among the most familiar and least understood of American institutions. The oldest American nonprofit corporation—Harvard College—dates from 1636, but most of the million or so nonprofits currently in existence were established after 1960. In "Inventing the Nonprofit Sector" and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations cultural historian Peter Dobkin Hall describes and analyzes the development of America's fastest growing institutional sector.
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Hall's hope for the future of nonprofit scholarship is that it will develop into full maturity through intensified intellectual exchange with other academic fields. His own book is a major step in that direction.
(Journal of American History )A welcome and important addition to the rather thin body of scholarship on the nonprofit sector... Hall's essays make a significant contribution toward our understanding of some of the potential and limits of nonprofit institutions. Hall has demonstrated why the ongoing debate over the role of the nonprofit sector is healthy for the sector and important in a democracy.
(History of Education Quarterly )Hall's treatment of the intertwining of interest group and academic politics in the recent development of philanthropic studies is especially interesting.
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"Hall's hope for the future of nonprofit scholarship is that it will develop into full maturity through intensified intellectual exchange with other academic fields. His own book is a major step in that direction."—Journal of American History
"A welcome and important addition to the rather thin body of scholarship on the nonprofit sector . . . Hall's essays make a significant contribution toward our understanding of some of the potential and limits of nonprofit institutions. Hall has demonstrated why the ongoing debate over the role of the nonprofit sector is healthy for the sector and important in a democracy."—History of Education Quarterly
"Hall's treatment of the intertwining of interest group and academic politics in the recent development of philanthropic studies is especially interesting."—Business History Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This book was written in 1992 and is a history of how nonprofits formed in the US. It is thick and rather dry. I'd recommend finding alternative accounts of the history of nonprofits if you're interested in this topic.
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- The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook by Walter W. Powell on 7 pages
- The New Realities by Peter F. Drucker on 5 pages
- Foundation Directory 14th Ed 1992 by Foundation Center on 5 pages
- The New Realities: In Goverment and Politics in Economics and Business in Society and World View by Peter F. Drucker on 5 pages
- The Big Foundations by Waldemar Nielsen on 4 pages
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- Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America (Religion in America) by David Paul Nord in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- When Women Ask the Questions: Creating Women's Studies in America by Marilyn Jacoby Boxer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Nonprofit Boards: Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series) by Diane J. Duca in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector) by Robert D. Herman & Associates in Front Matter, page 38, and page 63
- Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst For Conservation by Robin W. Winks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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