By the People: A History of Americans As Volunteers (JOSSEY BASS NONPROFIT & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SERIES)

Demonstrates how volunteers have pioneered community action and social change through three centuries of American life. Also chronicles the variety of activities volunteers join in today and explores the prospects for the future of volunteerism. Revised to reflect developments (e.g. Reaganism, privatization) since publication of the first edition in 1978. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.