Table of Contents

PART I-INTRODUCTION
Introduction: The Social Sciences and Their Philanthropic Mentors, Theresa Richardson and Donald Fisher
Critical and Conventional Images of the Rockefeller Philanthropies in the Sociological Literature, Edward T. Silva
The Rockefeller Boards: The Organization of Philanthropy and the Origins of the Social Sciences, Theresa Richardson
PART II-FROM PERSONALITIES TO PROGRAMS
"The World We Seek as Christians," Mary van Kleeck
Philanthropy and Early Social Science Initiatives, Guy Alchon
A Matter of Trust: Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Creation of the Social Science Research Councils in the United States and Canada, Donald Fisher
Part III-FORMALIZING PERSPECTIVES AND DISCIPLINES
A Few Good Men: The Rockefeller Approach to Population, 1911-1936, Jennifer Gunn
The World as Laboratory: Strategies of Field Research Developed by Mental Hygiene Psychologists in Toronto, 1920-1940, Hans Pols
The Yale Connection in American Psychology: Philanthropy, War and the Emergence of an Academic Elite, James J. Capshew
PART IV-APPLYING AND DISSEMINATING SOCIAL SCIENCE
Applying the New Psychology: Parent Education and Philanthropy, Judith Sealander
Reaching Human Minds: Rockefeller Philanthropy and Communications, 1935-1939, William J. Buxton
Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Social Sciences: International Perspectives, Edward H. Berman
Does Funding Produce Its Effects? The Rockefeller Case, Stephen P. Turbaner
References
About the Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index