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Susan V. Spellman

Associate Professor of History, Miami University


History of Capitalism, Small Business, retail history, Consumerism, History of technology
Women in Business History

Dr. Spellman's work intersects the history of capitalism, in addition to social, cultural, consumer, and technology history.  Her forthcoming book, Cornering the Market: Independent Grocers and Innovation in American Small Business, 1860-1940 (Oxford University Press), considers the ways in which small grocers--often portrayed as holdovers from a nostalgic past--were key agents of a "modernizing" impulse in American capitalism from the Civil War era to the New Deal.  She has begun work on a second book project, Go-Getters! Ambition and the American Business Traveler, from the Steamboat to the Frequent Flyer.

Recent Presentations at BHC Annual Meetings
Service to the BHC
Scholarly Society Liaison Committee 2021 - 2023
Emerging Scholars Committee 2014 - 2017 [Chair 2016 - 2017]

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