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The '''American Council of Learned Societies''' (ACLS) was founded in 1919 to bring together the major scholarly disciplines such as [[history]]. At present 70 organizations belong to it. It sponsors an [[e-book]] project which puts hundreds of major scholarly [[books]] online; access is through academic [[library|libraries]] that have subscriptions.
American Council of Learned Societies was founded in 1919.  To the American Academy, it's an important liberal organization. A splinter group is the [[Social Science Research Council]], formed in 1923, claiming the ACLS and its emphasis on humanities was too "soft".
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==References==
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zGOuAAAACAAJ A Student's Guide to Religious Studies], D. G. Hart, ISI Books, 2005, ISBN 1932236589, 9781932236583, 108 pages
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.acls.org/ Official website]
 
*[http://www.acls.org/ Official website]
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[[Category:Academics]]

Latest revision as of 02:08, May 30, 2009

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) was founded in 1919 to bring together the major scholarly disciplines such as history. At present 70 organizations belong to it. It sponsors an e-book project which puts hundreds of major scholarly books online; access is through academic libraries that have subscriptions.

External links