| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 87.2

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Book Review

Philanthropic Foundations: New Scholarship, New Possibilities. Ed. by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. xviii, 420 pp. $35.00, isbn 0-253-33500-0.)

Since 1957, when Merle Curti introduced "The History of American Philanthropy as a Field of Research," the number and wealth of foundations have grown much more rapidly than historical scholarship in the field. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann suggests that the field is now gaining a new sophistication. "The history of foundations is attracting scholars from across the social disciplines," she argues, "and now stands in fruitful relation to some of the most interesting and productive lines of research in history and the social sciences." In Philanthropic Foundations she brings together new work by established historians and sociologists with recent research by younger scholars and practitioners to provide a valuable introduction to the current scholarly thinking about foundations. Susan Kastan's annotated bibliography of literature in the field makes the book especially useful for those new to the subject. . . .

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