Book series with BHC authors

Welcome to the BHC book series virtual events. Three books will be hosted per year. For each publication, there will be:

  • A virtual interview with the author and selected hosts, broadcasted on YouTube
  • Podcast episodes for wider outreach

Connect with us on YouTube at the designated times or submit questions via social media or email.

Authors are invited to submit books for consideration.

Books and Authors in the Series

Upcoming Events

Albert J. Churella

The Pennsylvania Railroad. The Long Decline, 1933–1968

Book interview on YouTube with Marc Levinson and Mark Rose → October 2025

Xaq Frohlich & Sean Vanatta

The American Society of Legal History and the Business History Conference joint virtual event New Works in Legal History, 2024-2025.

April 16, 6:00-7:00 pm (Central). RSVP required to receive links. 

Featured Books:

  • From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age (University of California Press, 2023) - Xaq Frohlich
  • Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control (Yale University Press, 2024) - Sean Vanatta

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Benjamin Waterhouse

One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America

Book interview on YouTube with Katherine Turk, Richard John, and Dan Wadhwani → October 18 at 1 pm ET.

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Jennifer Black

Branding Trust: Advertising and Trademarks in Nineteenth-Century America

Twitter interview → May 6th at 11:00 am ET. Read the interview here.

Book interview on YouTube with Pamela Laird, Ed Balleisen, and Richard Popp → May 31 at 11:00 am.

Discount Code: PENN-JMBLACK30 (U.S. customers only)

Xaq Frohlich

From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information Age

Twitter interview → February 19th at 10:30 am ET.

Read the interview here.

Book interview on YouTube with Jennifer Black and Arwen Mohun → March 1 at 11:00 am.

Preview to full interview below. The full interview is available here.