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Whitten, David Owen was born on November 30, 1940 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Harry and Bula (Owens) Ehrenbergh. Bachelor of Science, College Charleston, 1962.
(Presenting a collection of papers published to celebrate ...)
Presenting a collection of papers published to celebrate the centennial of Auburn University's economics department and the silver anniversary of the College of Business. Whitten chronicles moral philosophpy instruction from its origins at a church college in nineteenth-century rural, agrarian Alabama to the economics and business taught at the state's largest university. He outlines the history of business education in the years before Auburn established a business school, and the evolution of the economics department from one professor-the president of the college-to the modern, highly ranked score of economists.
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The second edition of this guide to basic reference sources in the social sciences contains 2200 entries. In addition to revising and substantially enlarging the chapters on reference sources, the author has added a chapter on geography and one on business that is distinct from economics. Since the publication of the first edition, there have been two obvious developments in information storage and retrieval: the rapid development of online databases and the development of CD-ROM. Instead of devoting a separate chapter to these developments, the book incorporates online databases, CD-ROM and other forms of data sources into the text. In addition, there is a brief introduction to these developments. Although the general deadline for inclusion in the volume was December 1988, quite a few titles published in 1989 are included. The volume consists of two parts: the social sciences in general, dealing with the nature of the social sciences, bibliographical needs and usage of social scientists, research resources and reference sources in the social sciences in general; and sub-disciplines of the social sciences, including cultural anthropology, history, law, political science, psychology, and sociology. Reference sources for each sub-discipline in part two (and some chapters in part one) are broadly classified into four sections: access to sources, sources of information, periodicals, and additional reference sources. Each secion is further divided as follows. Under the access to sources section, headings start with guides, followed in general by bibliographies of bibliographies, bibliographies, theses and dissertations, reviews, indexes, abstracts, and contents reproduction. In the sources of information section, headings are arranged in the following sequence: primary sources, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, biographies, statistical sources, and handbooks, yearbooks and the like. Headings may be further divided by subject, depending on the number of sources. Titles under each heading and sub-heading are arranged alphabetically by title. All titles are suppled with ISBN and/or ISSN number, if known.
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( The economic and cultural roots of contemporary America...)
The economic and cultural roots of contemporary American business can be traced directly to developments in the era between the Civil War and World War I. The physical expansion of the country combined with development of transportation and communication infrastructures to create a free market of vast proportion and businesses capable of capitalizing on the accompanying economies of scale, through higher productivity, lower costs, and broader distribution. The Birth of Big Business in the United States illuminates the conditions that changed the face of American business and the national economy, giving rise to such titans as Standard Oil, United States Steel, American Tobacco, and Sears, Roebuck, as well as institutions such as the United States Post Office. During this period, commercial banking and law also evolved, and, as the authors argue, business and government were not antagonists but partners in creating mass consumer markets, process innovations, and regulatory frameworks to support economic growth. The Birth of Big Business in the United States is not only an incisive account of modern business development but a fascinating glimpse into a dynamic period of American history.
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( Andrew Durnford (born 1800, New Orleans; died 1859, St...)
Andrew Durnford (born 1800, New Orleans; died 1859, St. Rosalie Plantation), Free Man of Color, was born of an English father and a free woman of color. The Louisiana Purchase made him a citizen of the United States. Thomas Durnford, his father, and John McDonogh, a prosperous merchant of New Orleans and Baltimore, were friends and business associates. On Thomas's death Andrew continued the friendship and association (McDonogh was the godfather of Andrew's first son, Thomas McDonogh Durnford). Draw-Ing on McDonogh for credit, Durnford purchased land south of New Orleans In Plaquemines Parish and, with a small cadre of slaves, established a sugar plantation. David O. Whitten's biography of Durnford draws on extensive primary materials, including letters between the principals, that bespeak not only an active correspondence but two extraordinary careers. Reinforced with newspaper accounts and court records, the Durnford-McDonogh letters offer an intimate view into the life and work of an antebellum planter and depict the social intercourse of a black man in a society built on black slavery. Facile in English and French, Durnford read widely and commented in letters on works of the day. He journeyed to distant Pennsylvania and Virginia in 1835 to procure slaves and then return with them to his Louisiana plantation. Letters between Durnford and McDonogh during the lengthy trip provide a unique travelogue—a black man, in the company of his black bondsmen, traversing the heart of slave country. Had Durnford done no more than build a sugar plantation out of the wilderness with black slave labor, his accounts would be valuable, but he also practiced medicine, recounting his experiences in a journal and in letters to McDonogh. The Durnford volume offers singular accounts of American life and labor in the first half of the nineteenth century. Had he been white, the narrative would be of inestimable value, but because Durnford was black, free, and a medical practitioner, his life stands as a rare example of a man and a culture adjusting to peculiar social orders. Noted historian John Hope Franklin sums up this contribution to African American studies: "David Whitten has performed an important service in bringing the life of Andrew Durnford to the attention of students of the an-tebellum South, of the plantation economy, and of race relations—He has placed us all in his debt and he has set an example for others to follow."
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( The Panic of 1893 and the depression it triggered mark ...)
The Panic of 1893 and the depression it triggered mark one of the decisive crises in American history. Devastating broad sections of the country like a tidal wave, the depression forced the nation to change its way of life and altered the pattern and pace of national development ever after. The depression served as the setting for the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial society, exposed grave economic and social problems, sharply tested the country's resourcefulness, reshaped popular thought, and changed the direction of foreign policy. It was a crucible in which the elements of the modern United States were clarified and refined. Yet no study to date has examined the depression in its entirety. This is the first book to treat these disparate matters in detail, and to trace and interpret the business contraction of the 1890s in the context of national economic, political, and social development. Steeples and Whitten first explain the origins of the depression, measure its course, and interpret the business recovery, giving full coverage to structural changes in the economy; namely, the growing importance of manufacturing, emergence of new industries, consolidation of business, and increasing importance of finance capitalism. The remainder of the book examines the depression's impact on society—discussing, for example, unemployment, birth rate, health, and education—and on American culture, politics and international relations. Placing the business collapse at the center of the scene, the book shows how the depression was a catalyst for ushering in a more modern America.
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Whitten, David Owen was born on November 30, 1940 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Harry and Bula (Owens) Ehrenbergh. Bachelor of Science, College Charleston, 1962.
Bachelor of Science, College Charleston, 1962. Master of Arts, University South Carolina, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 1970.
Instructor economics and finance, University New Orleans, 1965—1968. Assistant professor economics Auburn University, Alabama, 1968—1974, associate professor, 1974—1982, professor, 1982—2006, professor emeritus, 2006. Consultant United States Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, 1964—1965.
With United States Marine Corps, 1957-1963.
(Presenting a collection of papers published to celebrate ...)
( The economic and cultural roots of contemporary America...)
(The second edition of this guide to basic reference sourc...)
( The Panic of 1893 and the depression it triggered mark ...)
( Andrew Durnford (born 1800, New Orleans; died 1859, St...)
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1957-1963. Tulane Education Foundation fellow, 1964, 65. Member American Economics Association Agricultural History Society, Society for History Early American Republican, Economics History Association, Southern Economics Association, Business History Conference, Economics and Business History Society (vice president 1988-1991, president 1991-1992), Rexford G. Tugwell International Institute for Great Depression Era Studies (vice president, treasurer, director 1992).