Hagley Prize in Business History
This prize is for the best book in business history (broadly defined) and consists of a medallion and $2,500, which are presented at the annual meeting of the BHC. Given the nature of the award's funding and establishment (through the generosity of the Hagley Museum and Library of Wilmington, Delaware, one of the nation's most significant research libraries dedicated to the history of business), the Grants and Prizes Committee will advise the Hagley representative and the BHC President about who would be a suitable person to serve as the third member of the three-person selection committee. The award committee encourages the submission of books from all methodological perspectives. It is particularly interested in innovative studies that have the potential to expand the boundaries of the discipline. Scholars, publishers, and other interested parties may submit nominations. Eligible books can have either an American or international focus. They must be written in English and published during the two years prior to the award. Four copies of a book must accompany a nomination and must be submitted to the Prize Coordinator, Carol Ressler Lockman, Hagley Museum and Library, PO Box 3630, 298 Buck Road, Wilmington DE 19807-0630 USA. Email: clockman@hagley.org. The submission deadline is November 30.
2025 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Dr. Görkem Akgöz
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History
In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialization, Nation-Building, and Working-Class Politics in Turkey
Brill 2024
Brill 2024
2025 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Simone M. Müller
University of Augsburg
University of Augsburg
The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade
University of Washington Press, 2023
University of Washington Press, 2023
List of Finalists
2024 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Margot Canaday
Princeton University
Princeton University
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
Princeton University Press, 2023
Princeton University Press, 2023
List of Finalists
2023 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki
Buying into Change Mass Consumption, Dictatorship, and Democratization in Franco's Spain, 1939-1982
University of Nebraska Press
University of Nebraska Press
List of Finalists
2023 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Hannah Farber
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding
University of North Carolina Press
University of North Carolina Press
List of Finalists
2022 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Timothy Yang
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Georgia
A Medicated Empire The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan
Cornell University Press
Cornell University Press
List of Finalists
2022 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Caley Horan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Insurance Era Risk, Governance, and the Privatization of Security in Postwar America
The University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press
List of Finalists
2021 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Marcia Chatelain
Professor, Georgetown University
Professor, Georgetown University
Franchise The Golden Arches in Black America
Liveright, 2020
Liveright, 2020
List of Finalists
2021 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-Recipient
Ben Marsh
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Reader in American History, University of Kent
Unravelled Dreams: Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Cambridge University Press, 2020
2020 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Ai Hisano
The University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat
Harvard University Press, 2019
Harvard University Press, 2019
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2019 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Per H. Hansen
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Professor in the Department of Management, Politics, and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Danish Modern Furniture, 1930-2016: The Rise, Decline and Re-emergence of a Cultural Market Category
University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018
University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018
2018 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Kenda Mutongi
Williams College
Williams College
MATATU: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi
University of Chicago Press, 2017
University of Chicago Press, 2017
2017 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Mark Wilson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
2016 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Vicki Howard
University of Essex
University of Essex
From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
2016 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Jonathan Coopersmith
Professor
Professor
Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
2015 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Walter Friedman
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
Princeton University Press, 2013
Princeton University Press, 2013
2014 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Bernhard Rieger
Leiden University
Leiden University
The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle
Harvard University Press, 2013
Harvard University Press, 2013
2014 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Dimitry Anastakis
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Autonomous State: The Struggle for a Canadian Car Industry from OPEC to Free Trade
University of Toronto Press, 2013
University of Toronto Press, 2013
2013 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Michael Miller
University of Miami
University of Miami
Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History
Cambridge University Press, 2012
Cambridge University Press, 2012
2012 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Sharon Murphy
Providence College
Providence College
Investing in Life: Insurance in Antebellum America
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
2011 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Susan Ingalls Lewis
State University of New York at New Paltz
State University of New York at New Paltz
Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885
The Ohio State University Press, 2009
The Ohio State University Press, 2009
2010 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
David Suisman
University of Delaware
University of Delaware
Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music
Harvard University Press, 2012
Harvard University Press, 2012
2009 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Ann Smart Martin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Buying into the World of Goods: Early Consumers in Backcountry Virginia
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
2008 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Thomas K. McCraw
1940-2012
1940-2012
Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
Harvard University Press, 2007
Harvard University Press, 2007
2007 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Christopher McKenna
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Cambridge University Press, 2006
2006 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Pamela Laird
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
Pull: Networking and Success since Benjamin Franklin
Harvard University Press, 2006
Harvard University Press, 2006
2005 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Thomas Kinney
Bluefield College
Bluefield College
The Carriage Trade: Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004
2005 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Mira Wilkins
Florida International University
Florida International University
The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945
Harvard University Press, 2004
Harvard University Press, 2004
2004 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Jennifer Klein
Department of History, Yale University
Department of History, Yale University
For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
Princeton University Press, 2003
Princeton University Press, 2003
2003 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Clare H. Crowston
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791
Duke University Press, 2001
Duke University Press, 2001
2002 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Gerald Feldman
1937 - 2007
1937 - 2007
Allianz and the German Insurance Business, 1933-1945
Cambridge University Press, 2001
Cambridge University Press, 2001
2002 Hagley Prize in Business History Co-recipient
Jonathan Wiesen
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Alabama, Birmingham
West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955
University of North Carolina Press, 2001
University of North Carolina Press, 2001
2001 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
2000 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Kathryn J. Burns
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
Duke University Press, 1999
Duke University Press, 1999
1999 Hagley Prize in Business History Recipient
Roland Marchand
1933 - 1997
1933 - 1997
Creating the Corporate Soul: The Rise of Public Relations and Corporate Imagery in American Big Business
University of California Press, 1998
University of California Press, 1998