Books by David O. Whitten

A guide to over 2200 reference sources for the social sciences. This work includes information on geography, business, economics, information technology, anthropology, history and law. Sources covered include directories, biographies, theses, dictionaries, statistical sources and reviews.

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.

The second volume in the Handbook of American Business History series, this book offers concise histories of extractive, manufacturing, and service industries as well as extensive bibliographic essays pointing to the leading sources on each industry and bibliographic checklists.