Doctoral Colloquium 2008, Sacramento, California
Presenter
Jenna Alden
'Behind the Executive Mask': T-groups and the Rise of Corporate Sensitivity Training, 1947-73
Presenter
Elizabeth Cafer du Plessis
University of Indiana
Meatless Days and Sleepless Nights: Food, Agriculture, and Environment in World War I America
Presenter
Xavier Duran
London School of Economics
Was the First Transcontinental Railroad Expected To Be Profitable? Evidence from Entrepreneur Declarations, an Empirical Entry Decision Model and Ex-Post Information
Presenter
Lindsey Feitz
University of Kansas
Democratizing Beauty: Avon Cosmetics and the Transnational Marketing of Femininity, 1954-2008
Presenter
Joshua Salzmann
University of Illinois-Chicago
Safe Harbor: Chicago's Waterfront and the Political Economy of the Built Environment, 1847-1918
Presenter
Corinna Schlombs
University of Pennsylvania
International History of Computing: Trans-Atlantic Transfer of Technology and Culture in the Cold War Era
Presenter
Natascha van der Zwan
New School for Social Research
Contentious Capital: The Politics of Pension Investment in the United States and Germany, 1974-2003
Presenter
Damon Yarnell
University of Pennsylvania
Making the Motor City: Ford, Detroit, and the Politics of Mass Production, 1908-1929