Cody Patton | The Business History Conference

Cody Patton

Assistant Professor, Montana State University Billings

20th c. US., Agriculture, American History, American West, Business History, Corporations and the Environment, environmental history, History of Beer and Brewing

Prizes and Grants from the BHC

Martha Moore Trescott Prize, 2025

Recent Conference Participation

2026 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Aquatic Concerns: Water and the Rise of the Chain Brewery"
2025 BHC meeting: Presenter, "Selling Single Use: The Begrudging Acceptance and Environmental Consequences of Canned Beer in American Consumer Culture"
2023 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Mites, Mildew, and Anheuser-Busch: How Pests, Big Beer, and Hops Shaped the Craft Brewing Industry"
2022 BHC Meeting : Presenter, "A Different Kind of Dry: Drought, Barley, and the Consolidation of the American Brewing Industry, 1910-1941"
2020 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Dust Bowl Beer: The Environment’s Role in Shaping the Modern American Brewing Industry, 1930-1941"