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Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society

@hagleycenter.bsky.social

Center for advanced studies in the history of business, technology, and society at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. Grants and Fellowships. Public programs. Scholarly community. Tune in to the Hagley History Hangout podcast!

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Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 6d ago

The U.S. empire is unlike any other in history, able to project power, extract resources, and exercise hegemony without direct control or ownership of territory, a rented empire. Learn more on our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout here or wherever you find your podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...

Renting an Empire: The United States in the Caribbean and the Arctic in the Twentieth Century | Hagley

The United States empire is unlike any other in history. Among its unique attributes is the ability of Americans to project power, extract resources, and exercise hegemony without direct control and o...

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Gregory A. Hargreaves@bordergroves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Had a great chat w Jasper Cattell about his dissertation research. He formulates a clever question: why are environmental and workplace regulations split into separate categories in the U.S.? While he is still working, his preliminary answers are fascinating. Join us!

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The U.S. regulates workplace and the non-workplace environments separately, despite their material inseparability. How and why did the American regulatory landscape come to have this awkward and contradictory split? Join the #HagleyHistoryHangout podcast to find out! www.hagley.org/research/his...

Cartoon image of four men in suits emerging from a door labeled DuPont Safety Counselors walking toward a fire extinguisher mounted on a wall
Gregory A. Hargreaves@bordergroves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So proud of this forthcoming book! I spearheaded the project, but it was a labor of love for a whole team of talented scholars.

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The newest volume in our Hagley Perspectives in Business and Culture book series is now available for pre-order from UPenn Press! How and why do microorganisms, mountains, crabs, and chimps shape business? Check out Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History here www.pennpress.org/978151283057...

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout traces three centuries of financial speculation in one NE PA township. Join us here or wherever you find your podcasts!

Ben Waber@bwaber.bsky.social · 3mo ago

First was a fantastic discussion with Nancy Campbell on the historic roots of the data center industry in northeastern Pennsylvania at @hagleycenter.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzt... (2/3)

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout features Rebecca Kobrin discussing her new book "Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and American Finance, 1873-1930" w @hagleycenter.bsky.social director Roger Horowitz. Wherever you find your podcasts! on.soundcloud.com/iEeBHUg3Hp80...

Credit to the Nation: Jewish Immigrant Bankers in American Finance 1873-1930 with Rebecca Kobrin

In this episode of the Hagley History Hangout, Roger Horowitz interviews Rebecca Kobrin about her new book, Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and American Finance 1873-19

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Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout features Rebecca Kobrin discussing her new book "Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and American Finance, 1873-1930" w @hagleycenter.bsky.social director Roger Horowitz. Wherever you find your podcasts! on.soundcloud.com/iEeBHUg3Hp80...

Credit to the Nation: Jewish Immigrant Bankers in American Finance 1873-1930 with Rebecca Kobrin

In this episode of the Hagley History Hangout, Roger Horowitz interviews Rebecca Kobrin about her new book, Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and American Finance 1873-19

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Gregory A. Hargreaves@bordergroves.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A perfect example of how creative researchers can use business archives to learn about a wide range of historical and cultural matters. I had a great chat with art historian Jay Buchanan about his use of @hagleycenter.bsky.social collections for his terrific dissertation project Awash! Check it out.

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society@hagleycenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Depictions of bathers tell us about contemporary attitudes toward human bodies, sex, gender, cleanliness, and much more. We discuss the bather in queer and trans art with Jay Buchanan on our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout. Find it here or wherever you find your podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...