Product Description: Volume 84 contains seven British Academy lectures (by Lorne Campbell, J.R. Woodhouse, Patrick Collinson, Frank Kermode, Eric Griffiths, S.J. Prais, and Rt. Hon Lord Justice Balcombe) and nineteen obituaries of Fellows of the Academy.

Lists addresses and information on membership, budget, history, and publications for 501 trade, sports, governmental, educational, religious, and hobby organizations

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Product Description: The first major black American learned society was founded on March 5, 1897, in Washington, D.C. This history of the American Negro Academy discusses in detail its leadership, activities, and legacy. W. E. B. Du Bois, William Crogman, and Francis J...read more

Although think-tanks are often regarded as scientific and non-partisan organizations committed to improving governmental decision-making, they have clearly demonstrated in recent years that they have other goals in mind. No longer content observing domestic and foreign affairs from the comfort of their book-lined offices, think-tanks, not unlike interest groups and lobbyists, have made a concerted effort to become an integral part of the policy-making process. This study examines the growing involvement of think-tanks in American politics and explores the many governmental and non-governmental channels they rely on to exercise influence.

Product Description: Until the Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded in 1783, the vast landscape of early Indian history, literature, philosophy, and culture remained lost to the western world. This book traces the history of the Society as an institution and describes the motivations and work of various scholars...read more

Product Description: Published by ASAE (American Society of Association Executives), Washington, DC, 1995.

Traces the history of the world's largest fraternal organization, and explains their secret words, symbols, and allegories

Product Description: Since it was first published in 1982 British Archives has established itself as the premier reference work to holdings of archives and manuscript collections throughout the UK. The 3rd edition has been extensively revised and enlarged with more than 150 new entries, further widening the range of the book...read more

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Traces the 166 year history of the Apostles--Cambridge University's elite intellectual secret society--from its modest beginnings in 1820 to the present and profiles many famous, and some infamous, members

This introduction to the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh discusses the building, its history, and the museums and library--Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--that are part of the institute

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Product Description: This is a comprehensive study of independent public policy research organizations in America. It offers a comparative analysis of the history, evolving character, and strategy and structure of think tanks.

Examines the Fund for the Republic, an organization which supported various liberal causes, its president, Robert M. Hutchins, and its most controversial project, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a liberal think tank.