“Offers . . . a clearer insight into the scope and function of philanthropy in political and private life and the impacts that women writers and activists had

Philanthropy, a 'love of humankind', is now thought of as the rich giving to good causes. The Reputation of Philanthropy explores how this came about and asks w

This volume presents a complex portrait of the United States of America grappling with the trials of national adolescence. Topics include (but are not limited t

Tells the compelling story of Dartington Hall - a far-reaching social, cultural and education experiment in Devon in the interwar years.

This volume addresses the political contexts in which nineteenth-century American literature was conceived, consumed, and criticized. It shows how a variety of