The topic of the January 2010 issue of the OAH Magazine of History is “Business History.” As former BHC president Pamela Laird suggests in her foreword, readers might consider “how familiar the world of business—including advertising—is to students and yet how rarely we think about that subject in historical terms.” Articles include:
FOREWORDAlthough full access requires a subscription, the extensive teaching tools are freely available.
Bringing in Business History Front and Center
Pamela Walker Laird
ARTICLES
Classic Issues and Fresh Themes in Business History
Philip Scranton
American Manufacturing, 1850-1930: A Business History Approach
Mansel Blackford
Business History in the Teaching American History Program
Stuart D. Hobbs
Newspapers, Radio, and the Business of Media in the United States
Michael Stamm
Selling Black Beauty: African American Modeling Agencies and Charm Schools in Postwar America
Malia McAndrew
Robert Noyce, Silicon Valley, and the Teamwork Behind the High-Technology Revolution
Leslie Berlin