Jesse Tarbert

Independent Scholar

Jesse Tarbert is a historian of American politics, focusing on the evolving connections between capitalism, racism, and government. His book, When Good Government Meant Big Government: Capitalism, Racism, and the Modern American State, 1913–1933, was published by Columbia University Press in February 2022. He was a participant in the BHC Doctoral Colloquium in 2014, and received his Ph.D. in history from Case Western Reserve University in August 2016.

Recent Conference Participation

2022 BHC Meeting : Presenter, "Running Government Like a Business: The History of an Analogy"
2021 BHC Virtual Meeting: Presenter, "American Capitalism, American Government: The Business Roots of the Modern Administrative State"
2020 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Ideology, Strategy, and 'Self-Regulation' in the 1920s Construction Industry: Reassessing Herbert Hoover’s 'Associative State'"