Table of Contents: Giving :

Other Authors:	Schneewind, J. B.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996.
Series:	Philanthropic studies
Subjects:	Charities > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Philanthropy & Charity. Charities.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=23150

Table of Contents:

1. Philanthropy as a virtue in late antiquity and the Middle Ages / Scott Davis
2. Contexts of charity in the Middle Ages : religious, social and civic / Suzanne Roberts
3. Philosophical ideas of charity : some historical reflections / J.B. Schneewind
4. The philanthropic perspective after a hundred years / Alan Ryan
5. Charity, justice, and the idea of moral progress / Allen Buchanan
6. Losses and gains / Mary Douglas
7. Motivation, cognition, and charitable giving / Robert Frank
8. Philanthropy in the African American experience / Adrienne Lash Jones
9. "Human communion" or a free lunch : school dinners in Victorian and Edwardian London / Ellen Ross
10. Compromising to achieve : choice in international charity / Alex Rondos.