Kathleen D Mccarthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 245319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen D Mccarthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccarthy |
| SIGNATURE | MCCARTHY K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
I, the Poet
First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Propertius, Catullus, and Horace deployed the first-person speaker in a variety of ways that either bolster or undermine the link between this figure and the poet himself. In I, the Poet, Kathleen McCarthy offers a new approach to understanding the ubiquitous use of a first-person voice in Augustan-age poetry, taking on several of the central debates in the field of Latin literary studi…
Great Philanthropists
The philanthropy of wealthy donors is often cast as a decidedly American phenomenon. Great Philanthropists provides a welcome and much-needed corrective to that view. The book is an outgrowth of a project on Jewish philanthropy in Europe, with articles about donors from South Africa, Europe, the United States, and Japan. Both Christian and Jewish donors are included, with figures as diverse as Nathan Mayer Rothschild (England’s first Lord Rothsch…
Blurring the Boundaries. A Review Essay
Until recently, historians tended to think of government, the market, and the nonprofit sector as discrete entities. When they ventured into the voluntary sphere, they almost always focused on individuals and institutions, rather than the mechanics of government or the economy per se. Thus, the 1960s and 1970s saw a windfall of works on social control; scholars in the 1980s examined class relations; and those in the 1990s studied issues of politi…
American Creed
In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. By investigating the relationships among the market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations, McCarthy reveals how these elements interacted to change our government - and th…
Recent Feminist Art History
American Creed
Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
This volume, which grows out of a research project on women and philanthropy sponsored by the Center for the Study of Philanthropy at the City University of New York, expands our understanding of female beneficence in shaping diverse political cultures. The contributors examine the role of philanthropy, the giving of time, money, and/or valuables for public benefiting shaping nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and women's politi…
The Locus of Care
Women and the Creation of Urban Life
Women and philanthropy
Alhough women often played a central role in the creation of non-profit organisations through their donations of time, money and material possessions, their efforts have received little systematic attention from students of the non-profit sector, particularly outside the United States. This special issue of Voluntas traces the ties between philanthropy and women's social, economic and political roles in Argentina, Ireland, the Netherlands, German…
Women's Culture
From government to grass-roots reform
This article traces the history of Ford's involvement in population work in South Asia from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. The primary focus is on the transition from large-scale technical assistance programmes rooted in government and academe, to work with grass-roots women's groups and community-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In the process, the Foundation also moved from quantitative efforts designed primarily to distribute contrace…
The Power of Women's Networks
Discussions of the origins of the American welfare state invariably evoke visions of Depression era breadlines and the spirited political pragmatism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Theda Skocpol challenges this image in her provocative study, Protecting Soldiers and Mothers. According to Skocpol, long before the New Deal, Civil War pensions for Union soldiers provided America's first large-scale nationally funded old age and disability system (p. 1…
Art, Money, and Cultural Power in America
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women donated their money, collections, and time to promote the creation and appreciation of art in America. They established female-centered networks for the production and marketing of art, supported male-dominated art institutions, and established competitive avant-garde museums. These activities have generally been considered isolated or unique by historians of American art or philanthropy. …
Jessie Ball duPont
Women's Culture
Journal Article Women's Culture: American Philanthropy and Art, 1830–1930. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. xviii + 324 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-226-55583-6.) Get access Eileen Boris Eileen Boris Howard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1604–1605, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080261 Published: 01 March 19…
Property Rules
They Also Gave
Creating the American Athens
AMERICAN CITIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY VIED FOR THE TITLE OF ATHENS of America, a competition which has fostered the creation of many of the nation's leading cultural institutions. Yet in comparison with the works on other facets of life, the literature dealing with the cities' artistic developments remains relatively thin. With a few notable exceptions, the data on these developments lie buried in antiquarian compendia, institutional studies, and ch…
American Cultural Philanthropy
Many observers fear that the 1980s will usher in a cultural depression. In the face of governmental cutbacks, economic duress, and rising social-welfare needs, arts organizations may be less competitive for limited private support, and the less established, more experimental groups would be particularly in danger of falling by the wayside. Despite the widespread belief that major portions of the funding community have slashed their arts spending,…
Doing Well and Doing Good in Chicago
Noblesse Oblige
Journal Article Noblesse Oblige: Charity and Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago, 1849–1929. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. xiii + 230 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $20.00.) Get access Melvin G. Holli Melvin G. Holli University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 1, June …
Consensus Revisited
Noblesse Oblige
Journal Article Noblesse Oblige: Charity and Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago, 1849–1929. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. xiii + 230 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $20.00.) Get access Melvin G. Holli Melvin G. Holli University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 1, June …
I, the Poet
First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Propertius, Catullus, and Horace deployed the first-person speaker in a variety of ways that either bolster or undermine the link between this figure and the poet himself. In I, the Poet, Kathleen McCarthy offers a new approach to understanding the ubiquitous use of a first-person voice in Augustan-age poetry, taking on several of the central debates in the field of Latin literary studi…
The Locus of Care
From government to grass-roots reform
This article traces the history of Ford's involvement in population work in South Asia from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. The primary focus is on the transition from large-scale technical assistance programmes rooted in government and academe, to work with grass-roots women's groups and community-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In the process, the Foundation also moved from quantitative efforts designed primarily to distribute contrace…
Women and philanthropy
Alhough women often played a central role in the creation of non-profit organisations through their donations of time, money and material possessions, their efforts have received little systematic attention from students of the non-profit sector, particularly outside the United States. This special issue of Voluntas traces the ties between philanthropy and women's social, economic and political roles in Argentina, Ireland, the Netherlands, German…
Great Philanthropists
The philanthropy of wealthy donors is often cast as a decidedly American phenomenon. Great Philanthropists provides a welcome and much-needed corrective to that view. The book is an outgrowth of a project on Jewish philanthropy in Europe, with articles about donors from South Africa, Europe, the United States, and Japan. Both Christian and Jewish donors are included, with figures as diverse as Nathan Mayer Rothschild (England’s first Lord Rothsch…
American Creed
Women's Culture
Journal Article Women's Culture: American Philanthropy and Art, 1830–1930. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. xviii + 324 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-226-55583-6.) Get access Eileen Boris Eileen Boris Howard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1604–1605, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080261 Published: 01 March 19…
Creating the American Athens
AMERICAN CITIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY VIED FOR THE TITLE OF ATHENS of America, a competition which has fostered the creation of many of the nation's leading cultural institutions. Yet in comparison with the works on other facets of life, the literature dealing with the cities' artistic developments remains relatively thin. With a few notable exceptions, the data on these developments lie buried in antiquarian compendia, institutional studies, and ch…
American Cultural Philanthropy
Many observers fear that the 1980s will usher in a cultural depression. In the face of governmental cutbacks, economic duress, and rising social-welfare needs, arts organizations may be less competitive for limited private support, and the less established, more experimental groups would be particularly in danger of falling by the wayside. Despite the widespread belief that major portions of the funding community have slashed their arts spending,…
Consensus Revisited
Doing Well and Doing Good in Chicago
Noblesse Oblige
Journal Article Noblesse Oblige: Charity and Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago, 1849–1929. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. xiii + 230 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $20.00.) Get access Melvin G. Holli Melvin G. Holli University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 1, June …
American Cultural Philanthropy
Many observers fear that the 1980s will usher in a cultural depression. In the face of governmental cutbacks, economic duress, and rising social-welfare needs, arts organizations may be less competitive for limited private support, and the less established, more experimental groups would be particularly in danger of falling by the wayside. Despite the widespread belief that major portions of the funding community have slashed their arts spending,…
Creating the American Athens
AMERICAN CITIES HAVE TRADITIONALLY VIED FOR THE TITLE OF ATHENS of America, a competition which has fostered the creation of many of the nation's leading cultural institutions. Yet in comparison with the works on other facets of life, the literature dealing with the cities' artistic developments remains relatively thin. With a few notable exceptions, the data on these developments lie buried in antiquarian compendia, institutional studies, and ch…
They Also Gave
The Power of Women's Networks
Discussions of the origins of the American welfare state invariably evoke visions of Depression era breadlines and the spirited political pragmatism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Theda Skocpol challenges this image in her provocative study, Protecting Soldiers and Mothers. According to Skocpol, long before the New Deal, Civil War pensions for Union soldiers provided America's first large-scale nationally funded old age and disability system (p. 1…
Art, Money, and Cultural Power in America
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women donated their money, collections, and time to promote the creation and appreciation of art in America. They established female-centered networks for the production and marketing of art, supported male-dominated art institutions, and established competitive avant-garde museums. These activities have generally been considered isolated or unique by historians of American art or philanthropy. …
Jessie Ball duPont
Women's Culture
Journal Article Women's Culture: American Philanthropy and Art, 1830–1930. By Kathleen D. McCarthy. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. xviii + 324 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-226-55583-6.) Get access Eileen Boris Eileen Boris Howard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1604–1605, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080261 Published: 01 March 19…
Property Rules
Women's Culture
From government to grass-roots reform
This article traces the history of Ford's involvement in population work in South Asia from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. The primary focus is on the transition from large-scale technical assistance programmes rooted in government and academe, to work with grass-roots women's groups and community-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In the process, the Foundation also moved from quantitative efforts designed primarily to distribute contrace…
Women and philanthropy
Alhough women often played a central role in the creation of non-profit organisations through their donations of time, money and material possessions, their efforts have received little systematic attention from students of the non-profit sector, particularly outside the United States. This special issue of Voluntas traces the ties between philanthropy and women's social, economic and political roles in Argentina, Ireland, the Netherlands, German…
The Locus of Care
Women and the Creation of Urban Life
Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
This volume, which grows out of a research project on women and philanthropy sponsored by the Center for the Study of Philanthropy at the City University of New York, expands our understanding of female beneficence in shaping diverse political cultures. The contributors examine the role of philanthropy, the giving of time, money, and/or valuables for public benefiting shaping nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and women's politi…
American Creed
American Creed
In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. By investigating the relationships among the market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations, McCarthy reveals how these elements interacted to change our government - and th…
Recent Feminist Art History
Blurring the Boundaries. A Review Essay
Until recently, historians tended to think of government, the market, and the nonprofit sector as discrete entities. When they ventured into the voluntary sphere, they almost always focused on individuals and institutions, rather than the mechanics of government or the economy per se. Thus, the 1960s and 1970s saw a windfall of works on social control; scholars in the 1980s examined class relations; and those in the 1990s studied issues of politi…
Great Philanthropists
The philanthropy of wealthy donors is often cast as a decidedly American phenomenon. Great Philanthropists provides a welcome and much-needed corrective to that view. The book is an outgrowth of a project on Jewish philanthropy in Europe, with articles about donors from South Africa, Europe, the United States, and Japan. Both Christian and Jewish donors are included, with figures as diverse as Nathan Mayer Rothschild (England’s first Lord Rothsch…
I, the Poet
First-person poetry is a familiar genre in Latin literature. Propertius, Catullus, and Horace deployed the first-person speaker in a variety of ways that either bolster or undermine the link between this figure and the poet himself. In I, the Poet, Kathleen McCarthy offers a new approach to understanding the ubiquitous use of a first-person voice in Augustan-age poetry, taking on several of the central debates in the field of Latin literary studi…
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