Inventing the nonprofit sector and other essays on philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations / by Peter Dobkin Hall.
"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 "Inventi...
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[1992]
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| Summary: | "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."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 349 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-341) and index. |
| ISBN: | 080186979X 9780801869792 0801842727 9780801842726 |