Expertise Database

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Muwei Chen
Beijing Foreign Studies University (Bio)
East Asian modern business history, Chinese economy and business, Consumer Cultures, Creative Industries, Culture Industries and Markets, Industrial clusters, SMEs

Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor
Department of History, University of California, Davis (Bio)
American women's history, History of Capitalism, Consumer Cultures, Domestic labor, Slavery

Rui Shi
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Lecturer, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (Bio)
Retailing, supply chains and globalization, Business and social history of socialist systems, Department Stores, Supermarkets, History of Consumption, Fashion and Textiles, Consumer Cultures, Institutional Change