seek to understand the many dimensions of American capitalism, setting the stories of corporate titans and failed entrepreneurs, industrial workers and newly arrived immigrants, in a global framework that arcs from slave plantations to the transnational corporations of today. Our project is to draw together the disparate fields of history—including the study of work, labor, politics, culture, gender, race, environment, the state, and economics—into a rich discussion about the development of capitalism.
The Cornell program joins a number of other organized efforts that focus on the history of capitalism—for example at the University of Georgia, Harvard University, the New School, Columbia University, Wake Forest University, and Stanford University.