“He was so learned and so refined and civilized, and so polite and high-bred, and could tell them so much which they didn't know before, and were not certain about afterward.”
--Mark Twain, "A Fable"
| wmboal.com | Bill Boal's web page |
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| Bio | William M. Boal holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has taught at Stanford, Ohio State University, and Iowa State University, and since 1995 at Drake University. His research is in labor economics, focusing on coal mining in the early twentieth century. In his spare time, he studies Chinese and sings in the Drake University Community Chorus. |
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“He was so learned and so refined and civilized, and so polite and high-bred, and could tell them so much which they didn't know before, and were not certain about afterward.” --Mark Twain, "A Fable" | |
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