Expertise Database

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Xaq Frohlich
Auburn University (Bio)
Food, Technology, Consumer Culture, standardization, consumer information economy, Marketing
Twitter@ComedoErgoSum
Shane Hamilton
University of York (Bio)
Transportation, Agriculture, Risk, Insurance, Capitalism, Technology, Supermarkets, Labor, Agribusiness
Twitter@ShamiltoShane
John Handel
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University of Virginia (Bio)
Finance, Technology, Slavery, History of financial infrastructure
Twitter@_john_handel
Gregory A. Hargreaves
Assistant Director, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library (Bio)
Environment, Technology, Capitalism
Twitter@bordergroves
Roger Horowitz
Director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at Hagley Museum and Library (Bio)
Consumer Culture, Food, Labor, regulation, Religion, Technology

Richard N. Langlois
University of Connecticut (Bio)
Organizations, institutions, Technology

Kenneth Lipartito
Florida International University (Bio)
Innovation, Technology, business culture, political economy and social responsibility.

Joseph Slaughter
Wesleyan University (Bio)
Capitalism, political economy; communications; nineteenth-century, Religion, Early America, Technology, Transportation