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Tables of Contents for Giving
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Part One The Ancient World
Prologue: The First Philanthropist
3
2
Classical Attitudes toward Giving and Begging
5
6
Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts on Giving and Charity
11
14
Part Two Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Prologue: A Hospital and Its Patients
23
2
Begging, Fund Raising, and Charity
25
10
Donors and Attributes of Charity
35
10
God and Neighbor
45
12
Part Three The Eighteenth Century
Prologue: The World Is All Alike
55
2
The Age of Benevolence
57
14
Poets and Philanthropists
71
14
Beggars, Importunate and Long Remember'd
85
14
Part Four The Nineteenth Century
Prologue: If All Were as Happy as We
95
4
Relief of Need
99
12
The Good Samaritan: Charles Dickens on Public Relief and Private Charity
111
10
Philanthropy and Reform
121
14
Love and Kindness
135
12
Part Five 1890s to the Present
Prologue: And May Not This Be?
145
2
Paupers, Tramps, and Beggars
147
12
Modern Philanthropy and Organized Charity
159
10
Philanthropic Foundations and the Uses of Philanthropy in Higher Education and the Arts
169
16
Giving by and for the Poor
185
14
Current History: Stories from Life
199
14
Afterword
213
6
Bibliography
219
16
Index
235