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

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
University of Chicago Press
9780226467801
0-226-46780-5

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.

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on how foundations quietly but effectively use power and private money to influence public policies.