I began my career . . .as a historian of technology and a business historian but, around the turn of the twentieth-first century, reconceptualized myself as a historian of capitalism—hence, the name of my website. Now none of those seem quite right. Perhaps better: a historian who admires the thematic breadth and sensitivity to political economy that marked the "old" economic history.
motivating my research is the relationship between political and economic change—in particular, understanding the manifold ways in which economic change has been shaped by government policy, legal infrastructure (e.g., property rights), and the overall structure of political institutions. For this, comparative history is an indispensable tool.
My late research assistants—much missed
I grew up on a Minnesota farm and, after a number of years working in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, did my BA at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Political Science and Program in Science, Technology, and Society). More . . .
"Putting the Economy Back in History"
The Corporation in America: A History (tentative title), under contract with Polity Press
History of Capitalism Webmeisterin
Washington, DC, USA
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