News of interest from around the web
1. New issues from Business History, Business History Review, The Economic History Review, Enterprise and Society,
The first issues of 2019 of Business History, The Economic History Review, Enterprise and Society, and Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research are out. Business History Review published its list of the 2018 most downloaded articles, and the first view of 2019 research articles in the journal is available here. A Special Issue of Markets, Organizations and Law in the latest issue of Historical Social Research (HSR) is also available.
Selected reviews from different organizations and journals:
1. New issues from Business History, Business History Review, The Economic History Review, Enterprise and Society,
2. Reviews.
3. Podcasts of interest.
4. Other publications and blogs
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The first issues of 2019 of Business History, The Economic History Review, Enterprise and Society, and Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research are out. Business History Review published its list of the 2018 most downloaded articles, and the first view of 2019 research articles in the journal is available here. A Special Issue of Markets, Organizations and Law in the latest issue of Historical Social Research (HSR) is also available.Selected reviews from different organizations and journals:
Clayton Nall, Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities; reviewed by Bruce Seely.
Giles Scott-Smith and J. Simon Rofe (eds), Global Perspectives on
the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order; reviewed by William G. Gray.
Ling Chen, Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China; reviewed by Michael Thompson-Brusstar
Alexia M. Yates, Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital; reviewed by E.A. Heaman.
J. Andrew Ross, Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945; reviewed by Diego M. Coraiola.
I am also sharing some podcast episodes from the last couple of months that might be of interest.
Giles Scott-Smith and J. Simon Rofe (eds), Global Perspectives on
the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order; reviewed by William G. Gray.
Ling Chen, Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China; reviewed by Michael Thompson-Brusstar
Alexia M. Yates, Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital; reviewed by E.A. Heaman.
J. Andrew Ross, Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945; reviewed by Diego M. Coraiola.
I am also sharing some podcast episodes from the last couple of months that might be of interest.
Louis Hyman was guest at The Kojo Nnamdi Show where he contributed to the conversation on No Benefits, Lower Pay, Fewer Hours: The Reality of Temp Work, and also to ART19's episode Killing Sears of the show Today, Explained. The transcript of the episode can be accessed here.
InThePastLane published its episode #50 last month on poverty and the history of capitalism in the Appalachia region: Hillbilly Eviction: Big Business and the Making of Appalachian Poverty. Check it out here.
InThePastLane published its episode #50 last month on poverty and the history of capitalism in the Appalachia region: Hillbilly Eviction: Big Business and the Making of Appalachian Poverty. Check it out here.
The show Marketplace published the episode The Business of fashion is changing. Some designers have growing pains, and also a podcast titled How well do you know your economic history?, that contextualizes some of Donald Trump's comments about tariffs.
The podcast Who Makes Cents had a show on housing affordability last February 2nd. Listen to the episode Randy Shaw on the Housing Affordability Crisis.
The podcast Who Makes Cents had a show on housing affordability last February 2nd. Listen to the episode Randy Shaw on the Housing Affordability Crisis.
Other interesting reads on the history of chocolate, fax machines, heroin, corporate archives, racing, and more from online magazines and other blogs are accessible in the following sites:
What history can teach us about capitalism, socialism, and inequality, History News Network, January 30, 2019.
How Chocolate and Valentine’s Day Mated for Life, Smithsonian magazine (@SmithsonianMag), published February 12, 2019.
Sears Once Sold Heroin, The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic), published in the March 2019 issue.
Why Ford needs grapple with its founders anti-Semitism, The Washington Post's Made by History section, published February 9, 2019.
Perceiving the Present by Means of the Past: Theorizing the Strategic Importance of Corporate Archives, The Past Speaks, published January 30th, 2019.
No Go from the Get Go: Adam Smith’s Bad History, Lessons from Ancient Greece, and the Need to Subsume Economics, The Economic Historian (@econhistorian), published February 7th, 2019.
Resounding clashes: gender and the New History of Capitalism, S-USIH, published February 13th, 2019.
Racing in 1908 Around the World with Bosch, Bosch History Blog, published February 4th, 2019.
The Conversation published Jonathan Coopersmith's article Why do people still use fax machines? last February 6th, 2019.
What history can teach us about capitalism, socialism, and inequality, History News Network, January 30, 2019.
How Chocolate and Valentine’s Day Mated for Life, Smithsonian magazine (@SmithsonianMag), published February 12, 2019.
Sears Once Sold Heroin, The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic), published in the March 2019 issue.
Why Ford needs grapple with its founders anti-Semitism, The Washington Post's Made by History section, published February 9, 2019.
Perceiving the Present by Means of the Past: Theorizing the Strategic Importance of Corporate Archives, The Past Speaks, published January 30th, 2019.
No Go from the Get Go: Adam Smith’s Bad History, Lessons from Ancient Greece, and the Need to Subsume Economics, The Economic Historian (@econhistorian), published February 7th, 2019.
Resounding clashes: gender and the New History of Capitalism, S-USIH, published February 13th, 2019.
Racing in 1908 Around the World with Bosch, Bosch History Blog, published February 4th, 2019.
The Conversation published Jonathan Coopersmith's article Why do people still use fax machines? last February 6th, 2019.