Publication subTitle :Philanthropy and the Rise of Civil Society, 1700-1865
Author: Kathleen D. McCarthy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication year: 2011
E-ISBN: 9780226561998
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780226561981
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780226562018
Subject: C0 Social Science Theory and Methodology
Language: ENG
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Description
The market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations have all been closely linked since the birth of the United States. American Creed explores the relationships among these three institutions, showing how charities and reform associations forged partnerships with government, provided important safety valves for popular discontent, and sparked much-needed economic development. McCarthy also demonstrates how the idea of philanthropy became crucially wedded to social activism during the Jacksonian era. She explores how acts of volunteerism and charity became involved with the abolitionist movement, educational patronage, the struggle against racism, and female social justice campaigns. What resulted, she contends, were heated political battles over the extent to which women and African Americans would occupy the public stage.
Tracing, then, the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this book will prove essential to anyone interested in American history and government.