International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies by Kiger, Joseph

International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313276460)

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International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies by Kiger, Joseph

International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies

$83.00
International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies by Kiger, Joseph

International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies

$83.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book provides historical sketches of the most significant national and international learned societies and academies located outside the United States. Complementing Joseph Kiger's Research Institutions and Learned Societies, which covers the United States, this volume includes profiles, arranged alphabetically, on some 100 organizations located in fifty-three countries.

Each profile provides comprehensive, uniform, up-to-date information, including founding, history, purpose, activities, governance, current operations, and location of offices and archives, on the subject society. Entries conclude with sources of additional information. Appendices include chronologies, genealogies, and topical listings. The work includes a full index.

Author: Joseph Kiger
ISBN-10: 0313276463
ISBN-13: 9780313276460
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 05/30/1993
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.32w x 1.23d
By Joseph Kiger
By Joseph Kiger
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JOSEPH C. KIGER is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi. He is the author or editor of numerous articles and books, including Research Institutions and Learned Societies (Greenwood, 1982), Foundations (Greenwood, 1984), Historical Review of Foundation Literature (1987), and International Encyclopedia of Foundations (Greenwood, 1990).

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