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Contributing Citizens: Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920-66
Shirley Tillotson
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Description for Contributing Citizens: Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920-66
Paperback. A social and political history of Community Chests, and the development of Canada's welfare state. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 522.
Contributing Citizens tells the social, cultural, and political history of Community Chests, the forerunners of today’s United Way, to provide a unique perspective on the evolution of professional fundraising, private charity, and the development of the welfare state. Blending a national perspective with rich case studies of Halifax, Ottawa, and Vancouver, Shirley Tillotson shows that fundraising work in the mid-twentieth century involved organizing and promoting social responsibility in new ways, sometimes coercively. In the 1940s and 1950s, fundraisers adopted the language of welfare state reform and helped to establish both the notion of universal contribution and the foundation of community ... Read more
Contributing Citizens tells the social, cultural, and political history of Community Chests, the forerunners of today’s United Way, to provide a unique perspective on the evolution of professional fundraising, private charity, and the development of the welfare state. Blending a national perspective with rich case studies of Halifax, Ottawa, and Vancouver, Shirley Tillotson shows that fundraising work in the mid-twentieth century involved organizing and promoting social responsibility in new ways, sometimes coercively. In the 1940s and 1950s, fundraisers adopted the language of welfare state reform and helped to establish both the notion of universal contribution and the foundation of community ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774814744
SKU
V9780774814744
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About Shirley Tillotson
Shirley Tillotson is Chair of the Department of History at Dalhousie University.
Reviews for Contributing Citizens: Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920-66
"Tillotson takes what is often seen by historians as a "conservative" force in Canadian history - charitable fundraising - and creates a nuanced and sympathetic account of its origins, failures, and successes. By incorporating the local histories of Halifax, Ottawa, and Vancouver, she allows us to see how large-scale political change played out in local contexts. Contributing Citizens is a ... Read more