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Bibliography

  1. America's Nonprofit Sector: A Primer, Lester M. Salamon, second edition (1999). The Foundation Center

  2. America’s Voluntary Spirit: A Book of Readings, Brian O’Connell, The Foundation Center, specifically chapters:

    Forward - The Independent Sector, John W. Gardner

    3 - Roots of Voluntarism, Cass and Manser

    7 - Doing Good in the New World, Bremner

    12 - Raising Money, Booker T. Washington

    16 - The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie

    18 - Principles of Public Giving, Julius Rosenwald

    38 - The Third Sector: Keystone of a Caring Society, Nielsen

    40 - Corporate Philanthropy: Historical Background, Karl

    41 - Corporate Philanthropy: An Integral Part of Corporate Social Responsibility, The Business Roundtable

    44 - We cannot Live for Ourselves Alone, Vernon Jordan

    45 - The Meaning of Volunteering, O’Connell

  3. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

  4. Academic American Encyclopedia (1992)

  5. World Book Encyclopedia

  6. Writings of James Luther Adams