Laura Tuennerman: 2 books
Helping Others Helping Ourselves
Power, Giving, and Community Identity in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1930
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 1997
“This study dramatically opens the door to view philanthropy in terms of who gives, the nature of those gifts, and the motivation of the givers. It becomes clear that no group could claim a monopoly on giving and that the poor, working class and middle classes had their own agendas for giving that...
At the Border of Empires
The Tohono O'odham, Gender, and Assimilation, 1880-1934
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
The story of the Tohono O’odham peoples offers an important account of assimilation. Bifurcated by a border demarcating Mexico and the United States that was imposed on them after the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, the Tohono O’odham lived at the edge of two empires. Although they were often invisible...