Background
Austen, Ralph A. was born on January 9, 1937 in Leipzig, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Norbert Han and Sulamith (Neumann) Austen.
(This book spans two thousand years from the origins of do...)
This book spans two thousand years from the origins of domesticated food production to the third decade of the independence era. The author applies various theoretical perspectives to the two main themes of internal development and external dependency, with an emphasis on the continuous growth of domestic African economic capacities accompanied by an ever-increasing engagement with the international economy. North America: Heinemann
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Austen, Ralph A. was born on January 9, 1937 in Leipzig, Germany. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Norbert Han and Sulamith (Neumann) Austen.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1958; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.
Tutor department history, Harvard University, Boston, 1964-1965;
assistant professor department history, New York University, 1965-1967;
from assistant professor to associate professor department history, University of Chicago, 1967-1985;
chairman Committee African Studies, co-chair Committee African, African-American Studies, University of Chicago, 1974-1979, 86-90, 92-;
director Master of Arts program in Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 1978-1984, 87-90;
associate director Center Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, 1978-1984, 87-90;
professor department history, University of Chicago, since 1993. National Science Foundation grantee Cameroon, Nigeria, Europe, 1975, National Endowment for Humanities grantee Cameroon, 1991. Woodrow Wilson fellow University of California, 1958-1959, Foreign Area Fellowship Foundation fellow Harvard University, 1960-1962, England, East Africa, 1962-1964, Teachingfellow Harvard University, 1964-1965, Rockefeller Foundation Exchange fellow U. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1969-1970, visiting fellow Harry S. Truman Institute Hebrew U. Jerusalem, Israel, 1984.
Fulbright professor of University Yaounde, Cameroon, 1972-1973. Member Social Science Research Council African Studies, Europe, Cameroon, 1972-1973. Fulbright Research scholar Europe, Cameroon, 1987.
Visiting professor Department History U. Capetown, 1991. Visiting director d'Etudes Centre D'Etudes Africaines Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1991.
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(This book spans two thousand years from the origins of do...)
Member International African Institute, National Humanities faculty, North American Association Cameroon Scholars, Tanzania History Society, African Studies Association (board directors 1980-1983), Association Concerned African Scholars, Economics History Association.
Married Ernestine Elizabeth Stotter, November 27, 1967. Children: Jacob Andrew, Benjamin Leo Amadeus.