Buying Respectability
Autor: | Adam, Thomas |
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EAN: | 9780253352743 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 256 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.04.2009 |
Untertitel: | Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s |
Schlagworte: | Sociology |
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Thomas Adam is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. He teaches courses on German and modern transatlantic history. His research focuses on nineteenth-century philanthropy in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Germany and the intercultural transfer of philanthropic concepts between these countries. he has just published a book on funding higher education in Germany, 1800-1960, and is currently working on a comparative study of funding for university education in the United States and Germany, 1800 to 1945.