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Philanthropy, Civil Society, and the State in German History, 1815-1989 (Hardcover)
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Philanthropy, Civil Society, and the State in German History, 1815-1989 (Hardcover)
Series: German History in Context
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The first book to provide the English-speaking reader with the
revisionist interpretation of the role of the state and
philanthropy in Germany that is increasingly embraced by German
historians. Largely unnoticed among English-speaking scholars of
German history, a major shift in interpretation of German history
has been underway during the past three decades among German
historians of Germany. While American and British historians
continue to subscribe to an interpretation of German society as
state centered, their German counterparts have begun to embrace an
interpretation in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century German
society was characterized by private initiative and a vibrant civil
society. Public institutions such as museums, high schools,
universities, hospitals, and charities relied heavily on the
support of wealthy donors. State funding for universitiesand high
schools, for instance, accounted only for a fragment of the
operating costs of those institutions, while private endowments
running into the millions of marks funded scholarships as well as
health care for teachers and students. Private support for public
institutions was essential for their existence and survival: it was
the backbone of Germany's civil society. This book is the first to
provide the English-speaking reader with this revisionist
interpretation of the role of the state and philanthropy in
nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany: a society in which
private actors claimed responsibility for the common good and used
philanthropic engagement to shape societyaccording to their
visions. . Thomas Adam is Professor of History at the University of
Texas at Arlington. He has published extensively in the field of
transnational history and the history of philanthropy.
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