Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Author: Allen Kent

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1975-06-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 9780824720148

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860
Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

Author: Henry Walcott Farnam

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1584770546

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era that primarily concerns itself with the issue of slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade, and food supply...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 809.

The Hidden Half of the Family
The Hidden Half of the Family

Author: Christina K. Schaefer

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780806315829

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Offers information on finding female ancestors in each state, highlighting those laws, both federal and state, that indicate when a woman could own real estate in her own name, devise a will, and enter into contracts. In addition, entries contain information on marriage and divorce law, immigration, citizenship, passports, suffrage, and slave manumission. Material is included on African American, Native American, and Asian American women, as well as patterns of European immigration. Period covered is from the 1600s to the outbreak of WWII. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR