1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458312703321

Autore

Arnold Edwin T

Titolo

"What virtue there is in fire" [[electronic resource] ] : cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose / / Edwin T. Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-55312-7

9786612553127

0-8203-3616-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196/0730758

Soggetti

Lynching - Georgia - Coweta County - History - 19th century

African Americans - Crimes against - Georgia - Coweta County - History

Murder - Georgia - Coweta County - History - 19th century

Racism - Georgia - Coweta County - History

Electronic books.

Coweta County (Ga.) Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-234) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796880103321

Titolo

American philanthropic foundations : regional difference and change / / edited by David C. Hammack and Steven Rathgeb Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2018

ISBN

0-253-03306-3

0-253-03307-1

0-253-02543-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Collana

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies

Disciplina

361.760973

Soggetti

Endowments - United States

Charities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Cover -- Halftitle -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. New York Foundations -- 2. Philanthropic Funds in Baltimore -- 3. The Washington, DC, Region's Modest Foundation Sector -- 4. Northeastern Ohio's Collaborative Foundations -- 5. Philanthropic Foundations in Chicago -- 6. The Rise of Grant-Making Foundations in the South -- 7. The Foundations of Texas -- 8. Foundations in Los Angeles -- 9. Foundations in San Francisco and Silicon Valley -- 10. Washington State's Foundations -- By Way of a Conclusion: Regions, Foundations, and Policy -- Appendix A: The Biggest Foundations, 1946, 1979, 2012 -- Appendix B: Community Funds and the Distribution of Smaller Foundations -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

This fascinating and timely study of contemporary America's philanthropic foundations vividly illustrates foundations' commonalities and differences as they strive to address pressing public problems.