William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal.

• Part 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. Civil Society and its Discontents: Bringing Culture, Communication, and the Humanities into the History of PhilanthropyChapter 3 2. From the Rockefeller Center to the Lincoln Center: Musings on the "Rockefeller Half-Century"Chapter 4 3. Transformation and Continuity in Rockefeller Child-Related Programs: Implications for the Emergence of Communications as a Field of ConcernChapter 5 4. Communication in the "New Humanities" and "New General-Education" Programs of Rockefeller Philanthropy, 1933-1940Chapter 6 5. The Rockefeller Foundation and Pan-American RadioChapter 7 6. Hollywood By-Pass: MoMA, the Rockefeller Foundation, and New Circuits of CinemaChapter 8 7. An "Art of Fugue" of Film Scoring: Hanns Eisler's Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Film Music Project (1940-1942)Chapter 9 8. "Sugar-coating the Education Pill": Rockefeller Support for the Communicative Turn in MuseumsChapter 10 9. The Political Economy of Rockefeller Support for the Humanities in Canada, 1941-1957Chapter 11 10. Inadvertent Architects of 20th Century Media Convergence: Private Foundations and the Reorientation of Foreign JournalistsChapter 12 11. Screen Technology, Mobilization, and Adult Education in the 1950'sChapter 13 12. The Television Activities of the Fund for the RepublicChapter 14 13. "The Weakest Point in Our Record": Philanthropic Support of Dance and the Arts

This nicely edited and useful collection of essays concerns the impact of philanthropy on communications, arts and culture in the US from 1920 to 1970.... The essays are well written, and the footnotes are carefully done and reflect research in the most recent secondary scholarship. Any solid research library will want this volume. Highly recommended.

William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal.

• Part 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. Civil Society and its Discontents: Bringing Culture, Communication, and the Humanities into the History of PhilanthropyChapter 3 2. From the Rockefeller Center to the Lincoln Center: Musings on the "Rockefeller Half-Century"Chapter 4 3. Transformation and Continuity in Rockefeller Child-Related Programs: Implications for the Emergence of Communications as a Field of ConcernChapter 5 4. Communication in the "New Humanities" and "New General-Education" Programs of Rockefeller Philanthropy, 1933-1940Chapter 6 5. The Rockefeller Foundation and Pan-American RadioChapter 7 6. Hollywood By-Pass: MoMA, the Rockefeller Foundation, and New Circuits of CinemaChapter 8 7. An "Art of Fugue" of Film Scoring: Hanns Eisler's Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Film Music Project (1940-1942)Chapter 9 8. "Sugar-coating the Education Pill": Rockefeller Support for the Communicative Turn in MuseumsChapter 10 9. The Political Economy of Rockefeller Support for the Humanities in Canada, 1941-1957Chapter 11 10. Inadvertent Architects of 20th Century Media Convergence: Private Foundations and the Reorientation of Foreign JournalistsChapter 12 11. Screen Technology, Mobilization, and Adult Education in the 1950'sChapter 13 12. The Television Activities of the Fund for the RepublicChapter 14 13. "The Weakest Point in Our Record": Philanthropic Support of Dance and the Arts

This nicely edited and useful collection of essays concerns the impact of philanthropy on communications, arts and culture in the US from 1920 to 1970.... The essays are well written, and the footnotes are carefully done and reflect research in the most recent secondary scholarship. Any solid research library will want this volume. Highly recommended.

William J. Buxton is professor of communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal.

• Part 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. Civil Society and its Discontents: Bringing Culture, Communication, and the Humanities into the History of PhilanthropyChapter 3 2. From the Rockefeller Center to the Lincoln Center: Musings on the "Rockefeller Half-Century"Chapter 4 3. Transformation and Continuity in Rockefeller Child-Related Programs: Implications for the Emergence of Communications as a Field of ConcernChapter 5 4. Communication in the "New Humanities" and "New General-Education" Programs of Rockefeller Philanthropy, 1933-1940Chapter 6 5. The Rockefeller Foundation and Pan-American RadioChapter 7 6. Hollywood By-Pass: MoMA, the Rockefeller Foundation, and New Circuits of CinemaChapter 8 7. An "Art of Fugue" of Film Scoring: Hanns Eisler's Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Film Music Project (1940-1942)Chapter 9 8. "Sugar-coating the Education Pill": Rockefeller Support for the Communicative Turn in MuseumsChapter 10 9. The Political Economy of Rockefeller Support for the Humanities in Canada, 1941-1957Chapter 11 10. Inadvertent Architects of 20th Century Media Convergence: Private Foundations and the Reorientation of Foreign JournalistsChapter 12 11. Screen Technology, Mobilization, and Adult Education in the 1950'sChapter 13 12. The Television Activities of the Fund for the RepublicChapter 14 13. "The Weakest Point in Our Record": Philanthropic Support of Dance and the Arts

This nicely edited and useful collection of essays concerns the impact of philanthropy on communications, arts and culture in the US from 1920 to 1970.... The essays are well written, and the footnotes are carefully done and reflect research in the most recent secondary scholarship. Any solid research library will want this volume. Highly recommended.