The Hogg Family and Houston explained

Author:Kate Sayen Kirkland
Pub Date:2009
The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal
Isbn:978-0-292-79377-4
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Subject:Houston, Texas
Pages:401
Language:English

The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal is a 2009 non-fiction book by Kate Sayen Kirkland, published by the University of Texas Press. It discusses the Hogg family and its philanthropic efforts towards the city of Houston, Texas as well as its place in the progressivism movement.[1]

Background

Kirkland originates from Houston and is a historian.[1]

Reception

Mary Kelley Scheer of Lamar University wrote that the book is "Well written and extensively researched" and that "Kirkland has provided an engaging and insightful look into the often private world of philanthropy."[1] Scheer criticized how the volume is sometimes too "laudatory" of the Hogg family, noting that privately financed philanthropy is "by its very nature" "elitist".[1]

Kathleen D. McCarthy of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York wrote that the book "breaks new ground" by focusing on the relatively under-studied Hogg family and that "valuable, interesting, and readable tale of a single family's contributions to a major southern city."[2] McCarthy stated that it would have been good if the author included comparisons to other female philanthropists.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Scheer. Mary Kelley. 2010 . The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal . . 113. 3. 418–419 . 10.1353/swh.2010.0039. 144095448.
  2. McCarthy. Kathleen D. . 2011-08-01. The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal . . 77. 3 . 758–759 . 41306353.