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An incomplete list of books of interest to business and economic historians, published from September to December, plus a few we missed over the summer: Scott W. Anderson, Auburn, New York: The Entrepreneurs' Frontier (Syracuse University Press, October 2015) Bruce E. Baker and Barbara Hahn, Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-of-the-Century New York and New Orleans (Oxford University Press, November 2015) Trevor Burnard, Planters, Merchants, and Slaves: Plantation Societies in British America, 1650-1820 (University of Chicago Press, October 2015) Youssef Cassis and Philip L. Cottrell, Private Banking in Europe: Rise, Retreat, and Resurgence (Oxford University Press, September 2015) Andrew Wender Cohen, Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century (W. W. Norton, August 2015)   Robert DuPlessis, The Material Atlantic: Clothing, Commerce, and Colonization in the Atlantic World, 1650–1800 (Cambridge University Press, October 2015)  ...

In coordination with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Scholarly Commons site of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, historians Andrew M. Schocket and Billy G. Smith have established the Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD) . MEAD is an online repository of datasets compiled by historians of early North America. The project preserves and makes available these datasets in their original format and as comma-separated-value files (.csv). Each body of data is also accompanied by a codebook. Seven datasets are currently available, including "U.S. Corporate Development, 1790-1850," from Robert Wright, and "Stockholders in the Bank of Pennsylvania, 1790," from Andrew Schocket.      Andrew M. Schocket , is professor of history and American culture studies and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University; Billy G. Smith is the Michael P. Malone Professor of History and Distinguished Professor of Letters and S...

The University of Bergen, in cooperation with the European Business History Association (EBHA), will host the 1st World Congress on Business History, which will be held in conjunction with the 20th Congress of the European Business History Association. The theme of the meeting, to be held August 25-27, 2016, in Bergen, Norway, will be “Business History around the World.”     The call for papers states: Today business and globalization are under fire. Both multinational and local businesses are challenged by a combination of an insecure macroeconomic environment and expectations about commerce’s social role. Recent economic data has called into question the inevitability of high growth rates in even the most dynamic emerging markets, such as China and Brazil, and raised questions about the viability of old and new business models. Much of Europe has not completely recovered from the 2008 Crisis and its aftershocks. In contrast to many other downturns, US growth does not s...

The Centre for Business History at Copenhagen Business School will host a paper development workshop (PDW) for scholars conducting research on "the uses of history and memory in organizations and organizing" on  Wednesday, December 9, 2015 . The organizers welcome applications from scholars of all backgrounds conducting research on the question of why, how, and with what effects the past is used by manager s and organizations. The goal of the PDW is, in part, to support the development of research and foster dialogue among scholars who may be interested in submitting papers to the Special Issue of Organization Studies devoted to the same topic, though neither application nor attendance at the workshop is required for full consideration of papers submitted for the special issue.  More information about the Special Issue can be found here . Limited funds may be available on a competitive basis for applicants who are unable to get funding from their home institutions. To ...

The Business History Initiative at Harvard Business School will host a one-day meeting on October 30, 2015, on "The Business History of India and South Asia: Recent Trends in Research." According to the website, This conference aims to survey recent scholarship on the history of business in India and South Asia. It will bring together faculty and students from a range of disciplines, including economic and business history, economics, political science, and strategy. The substance of the discussion, throughout the day, will include the nature of business-government relations; the role of families in business; the rise of corporate social responsibility; and the challenges and opportunities of globalization, including the role of the diaspora.The conference will also focus on the growing range of sources available for scholarly research, including oral histories. The conference program is available here . The meeting will include discussion of  Creating Emerging Marke...

The 2016 American Historical Association (AHA) meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 7-10. The program has now been posted on-line at the meeting website . The theme of the meeting is "Global Migrations: Empires, Nations, and Neighbors." Many sessions are of direct interest to business and economic historians. (Links lead to session panels and abstracts.)     First, there are the sessions and luncheon sponsored by the Business History Conference. The BHC luncheon theme this year is "Business and Borders: Capitalism." Sponsored sessions are: Session 38 : "New Histories of the Trade in Old Stuff: Re-Use and Resale in 20th-Century American Popular Culture" Session 91 : "War in the Western World: New Economic and Social Perspectives" Session 119 : "Labor Migration from and to Europe: Migrants as Job Seekers and Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs" Session 155 : "Pipe Dreams: Aspirations and Impacts of Oil Transport...

Links to some of the major grant and fellowship programs (primarily US) of interest to business and economic historians are provided below. [Please note that some programs do not yet have current application materials available; in those cases, the link goes to the last available information.] Hagley Museum and Library     Hagley Grants and Fellowships , overview     Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowship     Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants     Exploratory Research Grants     Miller Center/Hagley Library Dissertation Fellowship in Business and Politics Harvard Business School     Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in Business History       Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., International Visiting Scholars in Business History Program     Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship     Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Travel Fellowships BAC Bursary for Business History Research Beckman Cente...