Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada : American philanthropy and the arts and letters in Canada / Jeffrey D. Brison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brison, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey David), 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockefeller Foundation--History.

Rockefeller Foundation.

Carnegie Corporation of New York--History.

Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Arts--Canada--Endowments--History--20th century.

Arts.

Endowment of research--Canada--History--20th century.

Endowment of research.

Canada--Intellectual life--20th century.

Canada.

Canada--Civilization--American influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rockefeller, Carnegie, & Canada

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first half of the twentieth century, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation helped to create and maintain a cultural and intellectual infrastructure in Canada that benefited key institutions such as University of Toronto, McGill University, the National Gallery, the Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Social Science Research Council. Jeffrey Brison documents how American philanthropy facilitated the transformation from a private, localized system of cultural, intellectual, and academic patronage to a complex, nation-based system of incorporated patronage - a system in which the major patron was the federal state. His study calls into question our essentialistic notions of contrasting national identities and the now-mythologized juxtaposition of an American culture fueled by the free market with a Canadian one sustained by state support.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

American Philanthropy if Necessary but Not Necessarily American Philanthropy

Building Foundations

The Business of Benevolence

The Early Years of American Philanthropy in Canada: Building Schools, Building Canada

American Philanthropy, Imagined Communities, and the Structuring of the Arts in Canada, 1927–1952

American Philanthropy, “Cultural Interpretation,” and Imagined Communities in Canada

The Carnegie Corporation, Cultural Philanthropy, and a New Deal for the Arts in Canada

American Philanthropy and Canadian Letters

American Philanthropy and Intellectual Development in Canada, 1930–1957

A New Foundation

With Strings Attached

Foundation Grants in Canada, 1911–1950

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86335-5

9786612863356

0-7735-7269-4

OCLC:

191819010

Publisher Number:

9780773528680