{"product_id":"9780253110862","title":"Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society: Experiences from Germany, Great Britain, and North America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Philanthropy, Patronage, and Civil Society, Thomas Adam has assembled\u003cbr\u003e a comparative set of case studies that challenge long-held and little-studied\u003cbr\u003e assumptions about the modern development of philanthropy. Histories of philanthropy\u003cbr\u003e have often neglected European patterns of giving and the importance of financial\u003cbr\u003e patronage to the emergence of modern industrialized societies. It has long been\u003cbr\u003e assumed, for example, that Germany never developed civic traditions of philanthropy\u003cbr\u003e as in the United States. In truth, however, 19th-century German museums, art\u003cbr\u003e galleries, and social housing projects were not only privately founded and\u003cbr\u003e supported, they were also blueprints for the creation of similar public institutions\u003cbr\u003e in North America. The comparative method of the essays also reveals the extent to\u003cbr\u003e which the wealthy classes on both sides of the Atlantic defined themselves through\u003cbr\u003e their philanthropic activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are Thomas Adam,\u003cbr\u003e Maria Benjamin Baader, Karsten Borgmann, Tobias Brinkmann, Brett Fairbairn, Eckhardt\u003cbr\u003e Fuchs, David C. Hammack, Dieter Hoffmann, Simone Lässig, Margaret Eleanor\u003cbr\u003e Menninger, and Susannah Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101374267632,"sku":"9780253110862","price":30.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253110862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}