International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies

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This work provides historical sketches of the most significant learned societies and academies located outside the United States. It is intended to complement the author's "Research Institutions and Learned Societies". which covers the United States. This volume includes profiles, arranged alphabetically, on 100 societies located in 50 countries. Each profile provides comprehensive, uniform, up-to-date information on both the history and current operations of the subject society. Entries conclude with sources of additional information. Appendices provide chronologies, genealogies and topical listings, and there is detailed indexing.

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Recommended for academic reference collections.-Choice, December 1993
University libraries' interest in this book ought to be self-evident.-Wilson Library Bulletin
Recommended for academic reference collections.Choice, December 1993
"Recommended for academic reference collections."-Choice, December 1993
"University libraries' interest in this book ought to be self-evident."-Wilson Library Bulletin

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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).