Philanthropic Landmarks: The Toronto Trail from a Comparative Perspective, 1870s to the 1930s (1).(Statistical Data Included)

From: Urban History Review | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Adam, Thomas | Copyright information

Abstract

In this essay the author compares nineteenth-and early twentieth-century philanthropy in Toronto to that in German and American cities such as Leipzig and New York. The argument is divided into four parts, each dealing with different aspects of philanthropy. In the first part of this essay, the author develops his concept of "philanthropic culture", which is the theoretical basis for this essay. The main thesis is that donating became a bourgeois behavioural pa...

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