The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation

ISBN-13: 9781138516984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 354 str.

Raymond B. Fosdick

Opis

Since its original publication in 1952, Fosdick's book has been the single most reliable treatment of one of the most important philanthropies in the United States and indeed the world

Spis treści

I: The Background of the Idea; II: The Birth of the Rockefeller Foundation; III: The Control of Hookworm; IV: The Broadening Program in Public Health; V: The Challenge of Yellow Fever; VI: Invasion From Africa; VII: “The Johns Hopkins of China”; VIII: Medical Education in the United States; IX: Medical Education Around the World; X: Medical Research and Psychiatry; XI: The Foundation Enters New Fields; XII: The Natural Sciences; XIII: Experimental Biology; XIV: Tools of Research; XV: Agriculture; XVI: The Problem of the Social Sciences; XVII: The Social Sciences in a Time of Crisis; XVIII: The Growth of the Social Sciences; XIX: The Humanistic Studies; XX: Humanism as an Interpreter; XXI: Investment in Leadership; XXII: “Throughout the World”; XXIII: The Evolution of Principles and Practices; XXIV: * Perspective

O autorze

Raymond B. Fosdick