Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929
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Thorstein Veblen was born in 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from Carleton College (1880), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1884). Veblen was a fellow at Cornell University (1891-1892), and at the University of Chicago (1892-1893).
Veblen remained at the University of Chicago as a reader in political economy (1893-1894). He became associate professor at the University (1894-1896), instructor (1896-1900), and assistant professor (1900-1906). From 1906 to 1909, Veblen was associate professor of economics at Stanford University. Upon leaving Stanford, he worked as a lecturer in economics at the University of Missouri (1911-1918). He co-founded the New School for Social Research in 1919, lecturing there until 1926. Veblen also served as the managing editor for the Journal of Political Economy from 1896 to 1905.
Veblen published many books, of which the best known is The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions (1899). The book did not become highly regarded among academics until after Veblen's death. Some of Veblen's other published works include: The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts (1914), Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution (1915), and An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation (1917). Several collections of Veblen's work were published posthumously, including: Essays in Our Changing Order (1934), and What Veblen Taught: Selected Writings of Thorstein Veblen (1936). Veblen is also the subject of many books.
Thorstein Veblen died in 1929.
From the guide to the Veblen, Thorstein. Papers, 1895-1930, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)
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| referencedIn | Abernathy, M. Glenn (Mabra Glenn), 1921-. Thorstein Veblen : iconoclastic economist : typescript, 1989 Sept. / Glenn Abernathy. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936. Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936. | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives | |
| referencedIn | Ayres (Clarence Edwin) Papers AR 73-106; 81-30. 22711835., 1919-1972. | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1865, 1904-1988. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1865, 1904-1988. | Minnesota Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | David Starr Jordan papers, 1861-1964 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Educators and Librarians Collection, 1846-1953 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Educators and librarians collection, 1846-1953. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940. Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, 1891-1936. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Abernathy, M. Glenn (Mabra Glenn), 1921- |
| associatedWith | Adams, Henry Carter, 1851-1921 |
| associatedWith | Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936. |
| associatedWith | Ayres, Clarence Edwin, 1891-1972 |
| associatedWith | Claghorn, Kate Holladay. |
| associatedWith | Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. |
| associatedWith | Elliott, O. L. (Orrin Leslie), 1860-1940 |
| associatedWith | Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940. |
| associatedWith | Gregory, Sarah McLean Hardy. |
| associatedWith | Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960. |
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Birth 1857-07-30
Death 1929-09-03
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