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Civic gifts : voluntarism and the making of the American nation-state, Elisabeth S. Clemens
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- Summary
- "Civic Gifts traces how practices of reciprocity and organized mass benevolence-that is, philanthropy-have contributed to the development of novel forms of national solidarity and impressive governing capacities in the United States, contributing even to a famously anti-statist political culture. Sociologist Elisabeth Clemens paints a picture of the US, whether as nation or as state, as a puzzle. How, she asks, did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among the settlers? How did a global power emerge from an often anti-statist political culture? How did some version of this collective identity come to be articulated with organized governance? With Civic Gifts, Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of philanthropy and the power of gifts to mobilize communities and to create solidarity among strangers"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Contents
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- Principles of Association and Combination
- Civil War, Civic Expansion: The "Divine Method" of Patriotism
- Municipal Benevolence
- The Expansible Nation-State
- "Everything but Government Submarines": Limits of a Semi-governmental System
- In the Shadow of the New Deal
- The People's Partnership
- Good Citizens of a World Power
- Combinatorial Politics and Constitutive Contradictions
- Isbn
- 9780226559360
- Label
- Civic gifts : voluntarism and the making of the American nation-state
- Title
- Civic gifts
- Title remainder
- voluntarism and the making of the American nation-state
- Statement of responsibility
- Elisabeth S. Clemens
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Civic Gifts traces how practices of reciprocity and organized mass benevolence-that is, philanthropy-have contributed to the development of novel forms of national solidarity and impressive governing capacities in the United States, contributing even to a famously anti-statist political culture. Sociologist Elisabeth Clemens paints a picture of the US, whether as nation or as state, as a puzzle. How, she asks, did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among the settlers? How did a global power emerge from an often anti-statist political culture? How did some version of this collective identity come to be articulated with organized governance? With Civic Gifts, Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of philanthropy and the power of gifts to mobilize communities and to create solidarity among strangers"--
- Assigning source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Voluntarism
- Charity organization
- Social service
- Label
- Civic gifts : voluntarism and the making of the American nation-state, Elisabeth S. Clemens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-392) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Principles of Association and Combination -- Civil War, Civic Expansion: The "Divine Method" of Patriotism -- Municipal Benevolence -- The Expansible Nation-State -- "Everything but Government Submarines": Limits of a Semi-governmental System -- In the Shadow of the New Deal -- The People's Partnership -- Good Citizens of a World Power -- Combinatorial Politics and Constitutive Contradictions
- Control code
- on1089886237
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226559360
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089886237
- Label
- Civic gifts : voluntarism and the making of the American nation-state, Elisabeth S. Clemens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-392) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Principles of Association and Combination -- Civil War, Civic Expansion: The "Divine Method" of Patriotism -- Municipal Benevolence -- The Expansible Nation-State -- "Everything but Government Submarines": Limits of a Semi-governmental System -- In the Shadow of the New Deal -- The People's Partnership -- Good Citizens of a World Power -- Combinatorial Politics and Constitutive Contradictions
- Control code
- on1089886237
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226559360
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089886237
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