The Politics of Knowledge: The Carnegie Corporation, Philanthropy, and Public Policy [Paperback]

The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from the writings of David Riesman to Sesame Street. Lagemann's lively history focuses on how foundations quietly but effectively use power and private money to influence public policies.

Ellen Condliffe Lagemannis professor of history and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Preface
Introduction. The Politics of Knowledge
1. Liberal Commitments
From Politics to Philanthropy
Sweetness and Light
The Administration of the Carnegie Corporation
I. Scientific Philanthropy
2. A Clearinghouse of American Science: The National Research Council
George Ellery Hale and the National Academy of Sciences
James McKeen Cattell and the AAAS's Committee of One Hundred
The National Research Council
Elihu Root: Hale's Valued and Beloved Adviser
3. Propaganda or Research?: Creating an Institute of Economics
The Early Debates: Propaganda of Research
The Founding of the National Bureau of Economic Research
Carnegie Corporation Grants to the NBER
Additional Grants and Indirect Assistance
4. Conceptualists vs. Realists: An Institute to Restate the Law
An Alliance of Legal Scholars and Corporate Lawyers
Assistance from the Carnegie Philanthropies
Legal Realists in Dessent
Defending the ALI
II. Cultural Philanthropy
5. Mission vs. Market: Organizing the Education of Everyone
Frederick Paul Keppel as President of the Carnegie Corporation
Organizing Cultural Leadership through Conferences and Associations
Organizing Cultural Leadership through Professional Education
Safeguarding Culture through Excellence in Education
Consistency amid a Changing Politics
6. Public Policy and Sociology: Gunnar Myrdal'sAn American Dilemma
The Origins of the Myrdal Study: Negro Education
The Corporation's Hopes: A New Approach to l)