CALL FOR PAPERS
ENGINEERING POSTWAR INDUSTRY: 1940s-1970s
The Relative Trajectories of Mass and Specialty Production in the US,
UK, and Japan
Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807
Hagley's research center invites paper proposals for a conference
and
planned essay collection focusing on the interplay between mass production
and specialty (custom and batch) manufacturing after 1940 in three
prominent industrialized nations. Projects focusing on specific sectors and
technologies are especially welcomed, as will be cross-national comparative
studies. Research on public policy or prescriptive discourse about
managerial or research approaches falls outside the conference's focus. The
conference dates will be July 12-13, 2001. At least partial support for
travel and local expenses will be provided to all conference presenters.
Proposals (a one page abstract and a brief vita) should be sent, by
November 1, 2000, to: Philip Scranton, Director, CHBTS, Hagley Museum and
Library, PO Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807.
Philip Scranton
Board of Governors Professor
History of Industry and Technology
Rutgers University
215-843-0440; fax 215-843-5318
(home addr: 616 W. Cliveden St., Philadelphia, PA 19119)
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