James NorrisJAMES D. NORRIS is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University. His previous books include Frontier Iron, AZn: A History of the American Zinc Company, Politics and Patronae in the Gilded Age (with Arthur Shaffer), and R.G. Dun & Co. 1841-1900: The Development of Credit Reporting in the Nineteenth Century. Norris is a specialist in business and economic history and is currently working on a study comparing the development of businesses on the American frontier. Read More Read Less