The development of the social sciences in the United States and Canada : the role of philanthropy

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PART I-INTRODUCTION Introduction: Social Sciences and Their Philanthropic Mentors, Theresa Richardson and Donald Fisher Critical and Conventional Images of the Rockefeller Philanthropies in the Sociological Literature, Edward T. Silva Rockefeller Boards: Organization of Philanthropy and the Origins of the Social Sciences, Theresa Richardson PART II-FROM PERSONALITIES TO PROGRAMS The World We Seek as Christians, Mary van Kleeck Philanthropy and Early Social Science Initiatives, Guy Alchon A Matter of Trust: Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Creation of the Social Science Research Councils in the United States and Canada, Donald Fisher Part III-FORMALIZING PERSPECTIVES AND DISCIPLINES A Few Good Men: Rockefeller Approach to Population, 1911-1936, Jennifer Gunn World as Laboratory: Strategies of Field Research Developed by Mental Hygiene Psychologists in Toronto, 1920-1940, Hans Pols Yale Connection in American Psychology: Philanthropy, War and the Emergence of an Academic Elite, James J. Capshew PART IV-APPLYING AND DISSEMINATING SOCIAL SCIENCE Applying the New Psychology: Parent Education and Philanthropy, Judith Sealander Reaching Human Minds: Rockefeller Philanthropy and Communications, 1935-1939, William J. Buxton Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Social Sciences: International Perspectives, Edward H. Berman Does Funding Produce Its Effects? Rockefeller Case, Stephen P. Turner References About the Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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