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The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation

By: Raymond B. Fosdick

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The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation

By: Raymond B. Fosdick

Since its original publication in 1952, Fosdick's book has been the single most reliable treatment of one of the most important philanthropies in the United States and indeed the world. Fosdick served as president of the foundation for twelve years, from 1936 to 1948, when it was the largest grant-making endow-ment in the world. As Steven Wheatley notes in his valuable new introduction, in part The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation was intended as an instrument of institutional self-defense. When it was written, the foundation community was under mounting political attack from the right, and the book was meant to help balance the Scales by cataloging the foundation's good works. As a deliberate self-portrait, the book conceals as much as it reveals, while in the process it reveals a good deal about the author. Fosdick sees politics, like bureaucracy, as perhaps an avoidable problem and not an inevitable consequence of foundation activity. He sees foundations as engaging in the application of scientific, tech-nical, and organizational solutions to public problems through a ""venture cap-ital"" approach to discovering how to resolve them. Fosdick's ""higher ground"" approach became established philanthropic practice far beyond the Rockefeller Foundation. Consequently, this volume is significant as an institutional history as well as a charter for American foundations.

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Routledge

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1351473298

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Letters on the League of Nations

From the Files of Raymond B. Fosdick. Supplementary volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson

By: Raymond Blaine Fosdick

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Letters on the League of Nations

From the Files of Raymond B. Fosdick. Supplementary volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson

By: Raymond Blaine Fosdick

This supplementary volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson contains a collection of letters that eloquently reflect the ideals and expectations shared by those American intellectuals who hoped to build a new order out of the chaos of the First World War. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400876494

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9781400876495

Letters on the League of Nations

From the Files of Raymond B. Fosdick. Supplementary volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson

By: Raymond Blaine Fosdick

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From the Files of Raymond B. Fosdick. Supplementary volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson

By: Raymond Blaine Fosdick

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Norman Thomas

The Great Dissenter

By: Raymond F. Gregory

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Norman Thomas

The Great Dissenter

By: Raymond F. Gregory

A conscientious objector in two world wars and a relentless advocate for world peace as well as social justice, Norman Thomas was tear-gassed, arrested, and jailed as he stood up for the rights of minorities, immigrants, and the working poor. In addition to being a civil rights activist, Thomas headed the Socialist Party for 18 years, ran for president six times, was a pacifist, and created several institutions to advance world peace and universal disarmament. He strongly and vocally opposed the Vietnam War. This biography highlights the values that lay behind his actions, values which included aspects of socialism but which also conflicted with the views of many Leftists.

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Algora Publishing

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0875866239

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The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation

The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation

Letters on the League of Nations

Letters on the League of Nations

Letters on the League of Nations

Letters on the League of Nations

Norman Thomas

Norman Thomas

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