| Description |
394 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Studies in interdisciplinary history |
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Studies in interdisciplinary history.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: social capital and political culture in Africa, America, Australasia, and Europe Robert I. Rotberg -- 2. Civic traditions in premodern Italy Gene Brucker -- 3. The sources of civil society in Italy Edward Muir -- 4. Finding social capital: the French Revolution in Italy Raymond Grew -- 5. Social capital in the early Industrial Revolution Leonard N. Rosenband -- 6. The diversity of social capital in English communities, 1300-1640 (with a glance at modern Nigeria) Marjorie K. McIntosh -- 7. Social and cultural capital in Colonial British America: a case study Jack P. Greene -- 8. The growth of voluntary associations in America, 1840-1940 Gerald R. Gamm and Robert D. Putnam -- 9. Civil society as Democratic practice: North American cities during the nineteenth century Mary P. Ryan -- 10. Securing political returns to social capital: women's associations in the United States, 1880s-1920s Elisabeth S. Clemens -- 11. Second-generation civic America: education, citizenship, and the children of immigrants Reed Ueda -- 12. Human capital and social capital: the rise of secondary schooling in America, 1910-1940 Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- 13. From local to national cultures: social capital and civic organization in the Great Plains Myron P. Gutmann and Sara M. Pullum -- 14. Civility, social capital, and civil society: three powerful concepts for explaining Asia Lucian W. Pye |
| Notes |
Reprinted from: the Journal of interdisciplinary history, XXIX, 1999, 3 & 4 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Social capital (Sociology)
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Social participation -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Community life -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Social networks -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Social groups -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Rotberg, Robert I.
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| LC no. |
00059878 |
| ISBN |
0521785758 paperback |
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0521780861 cased |
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