Williamson, Harold F., and Wild, Payson S., and Casterline, Gail F. (Research Associate), and Lee, Helen C. (Research Associate), and Walch, Timothy G. (Research Associate)
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 7 10.25 inches. xiii, [3], 403, [13] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Some edge soiling. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling and chips. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes: General, Tables, Illustrations. Includes Preface, Part One: Visions and Struggles; Part Two: A University for the Modern Age; Part Three: Toward a Greater Northwestern; Part Four: "A University of the Highest Grade", and Appendices: A. Presidents of the Board and the University, and B. Charter. Harold Francis Williamson Sr. (March 21, 1901 – October 25, 1989) was an American business historian, and Professor of American and European economic history at Northwestern University, most known for his 1963 work on the history of the American petroleum industry. Williamson obtained his AB in economics 1924 from the University of Southern California, where in 1926 he also obtained his MA in economics. In 1930 he obtained a second MA from Harvard University, where in 1936 he obtained his Ph.D. with the thesis, entitled "Edward Atkinson, The Biography of an American Liberal, 1827-1905". Williamson teaching economic history at the University of Southern California. He later taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Harvard University. In 1948 he was appointed Professor of American and European economic history at Northwestern University, where he worked until 1969. In his lectures he placed the developments of economic history in technological, sociological, geographic, and political context, enlivened with many examples of technological developments. More