Durden, Robert F(ranklin)
DURDEN, Robert F(ranklin)
DURDEN, Robert F(ranklin). American, b. 1925. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Duke University, Durham, NC, professor of history, 1952-, chairman of the dept., 1974-80. Publications: James Shepherd Pike: Republicanism and the American Negro, 1850-1882, 1957; Reconstruction Bonds and Twentieth-Century Politics: South Dakota and North Carolina (1904), 1962; The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896, 1965; (ed.) The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro Government, 1968; The Gray and the Black: The Confederate Debate on Emancipation, 1972; The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929, 1975; (co-author) Maverick Republican in the Old North State: Political Biography of Daniel L. Russell, 1977; The Self-Inflicted Wound: Nineteenth Century Southern Politics, 1985; The Launching of Duke University, 1924-49, 1993; Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas: The Duke Endowment, 1924-1994, 1998; Electrifying the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997, 2001; Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke, 2003. Address: History Dept, Box 90719, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A.