*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680-1740, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms, pg. 44*CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury, pg. 74*CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770, pg. 98*CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency, pg. 135*CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help, pg. 163*CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy, pg. 197*APPENDIX. Major Donors, pg. 203*Index, pg. 225
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