We're starting to get incredibly excited about the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social 2026 annual meeting, scheduled to begin in London in just under three weeks! Here's the program - Choices, choices choices!
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'“Salt of the Earth:” ABF Freight and Entrepreneurial Processes in American Trucking' by Nathanael L. Mickelson is a wonderful new paper on the restructuring of the American road freight industry through the lens of ArcBest. Get it Open Access here!
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Our readers will likely want to check out this special issue of @jich.bsky.social on Business and Labour in German Colonialism!
Were Scottish bankers born or made? Robert Dawson Scott has the answers in "Professionalism and Presbyterianism: How Edinburgh’s Financial Elite Sustained Itself in the 20th Century," the latest publication from @entandsoc.bsky.social. Open Access, of course.
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It's just a little late, but @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol.26, No.4 is now out, with a pretty breathtaking array of articles and topics, almost exclusively Open Access. There is something here you will want to read, guaranteed!
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Ever wondered how the state and private enterprise come together in driving condom consumption during times of war? Anna Inez Bergman has all the answers in "The War Against Venereal Diseases: Engineering Protective Practices During World War II in Sweden." Fresh out, OA, in @entandsoc.bsky.social
There has recently been a welcome growth in work at the intersection of business history and German colonial. This very interesting essay, from @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is the most recent addition to this emerging stream of work.
New year, new articles! We are delighted to present Christy Ford Chapin's "Mary G. Roebling, Capitalist Feminism, and Marketing American Women’s Economic Rights," which explores the remarkable career of Mary G. Roebling to propose of form of “capitalist feminism.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A fascinating obituary for employment agency founder and philanthropist Sir Alec Reed. It is interesting to reflect on the differences in business philanthropy across different cultural contexts.
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Just putting to bed the proofs for @entandsoc.bsky.social Vol. 26, No. 4 and it's going to be something else, packed with a whole bunch of the best stuff.
Finally, Guillermo Antuña takes us to Northern Spain to unpack "Unintended Cluster Emergence: Revisiting Francoist Industrial Policy in the Steelmaking Pole of Asturias (Spain), 1939–1985" around the Spanish steelmaking pole of Asturias.
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Next, Sean Irving leads us on a journey "From New Left to Social Enterprise: A Conceptual History of the Industrial Common Ownership Movement, 1971–2001," exploring how how the British worker co-operative movement came to assume a neoliberal ideological character.
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Wow! We have a whole bunch of the good stuff to bring you today. First up, Daniel T. Gresham's "Feedlot Imprimatur: Public-Private Cooperation in the Advent of Government Beef Grading" explores how government beef grading shaped markets for meat in America.
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Not report, repost.
Really delighted to see this report Mattie! (Apologies, we'd have tagged you if we'd known you were here).
A great theme for a call!
And last but very much not least, we bring you the third and final of this year's Krooss Prize summaries, Mattie Webb's "Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity." OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
On a rather different scale, we particularly enjoyed this Guardian "Other Lives" obituary for entrepreneur Abu Zafar, who led a fascinating and inventive life, from Kolkata to Bradford, via Dhaka and Kyoto: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The death has been announced of Gopichand Hinduja, a titan of Indo-British business and, at the time of his death, the richest man in Britain. Guardian obituary here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thanks to @entandsoc.bsky.social for publishing a summary of my dissertation, which earlier this year won the Krooss Prize from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy it and keep an eye out for the book (although it might take a while).
@ppryluka.bsky.social - so sorry we'd forgotten you're on here or we'd have tagged you.
The next of this year's Krooss Prize summaries is now available for your perusal & pleasure. Indeed, Pablo Pryluka was the 2025 winner for his dissertation "Developing Consumers: A History of Wants and Needs in Postwar South America." Congratulations Pablo! OA here:
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This looks very interesting.
We are delighted to bring you the first of this year's three Krooss Prize summaries, with Joshua Lappen's Cultures of Power: Electrification, Politics, and Visibility in Greater Los Angeles." Available now, Open Access.
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As an historical aside, Bryan also went on to be a pioneer of the "canned speech" - phonographic recordings of speeches for distribution during presidential campaigns, as explored in this delightful paper from Susan Spellman & John Forren; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Next, Mark Hauser lifts the curtain on the surprising history of the American Legion as a film distributor challenging the Studios in "The American Legion Film Service and the “Obstinate, Indifferent and Cold-Blooded Exhibitor”. Fun! OA here with a click!
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Wait up! Not one, but two new articles. First up, Andrew Johnston reveals "The Dawn of Shareholder Value: The Normalization of the Hostile Takeover in the UK 1952–1954", a significant reappraisal of financialization in Britain. Open Access, here with 1 click:
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We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Shakila Jacob. Prof. Jacob was a pioneer in international business history, bringing vital and much needed postcolonial perspectives to the discipline. She will be very sorely missed by many.
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@entandsoc.bsky.social was delighted to recently publish @riyokoshibe.bsky.social fascinating work on Grangemouth. The work can be found here and is published Open Access:
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