Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in History

by Robert Hamlett Bremner

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560001372
• ISBN13: 9781560001379
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.