Published on Thursday, April 07, 2011
Abstract
Announcement
Programme
9h-9h30: Welcome and introduction (Nicolas Barreyre, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre)
9h30-11h: Session 1: Collusion Between Business and Politics: Representations and Reactions
- Erhan Simsek (Universität Heidelberg): Surviving in the Worlds of Business and Politics: Theodore Dreiser’s The Financier.
- Nicolas Bourguinat (Université de Strasbourg): Big Business and Politics in the New World: The View of Old-World Socialists.
11h-11h30: Break
11h30-13h: Session 2: Beyond Lobbying: Information, Culture and Politics
- Dominique Pinsolle (Université Bordeaux 3): A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890.
- Michaël Vottero (Institut National du Patrimoine): To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age.
13h-14h30: Lunch
14h30-16h: Session 3: Business and the Creation of Modern Liberalism
- Paul Kens (Texas State University-San Marcos): The United States Supreme Court and Business Elites: Gilded Age Origins of Modern American Liberalism.
- Scott R. Nelson (College of William & Mary): Liberal Apocalypse: The Panic of 1873 and its Four Horsemen.
16h-16h30: Break
16h30-18h: Session 4: Business in Local Political Networks
- Yves Figueiredo (Université Paris IV Sorbonne): Golden State and Gilded Age. Californian Capitalism in the Sierra Nevada.
- Évelyne Payen-Variéras (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle): Localism and the Strategies of Gilded-Age Entrepreneurs.
18h-18h30: Conclusion
Subjects
- Modern (Main category)
- Society > History > Economic history
- Society > Economics > Political economics
- Periods > Modern > Nineteenth century
- Zones and regions > America > United States
- Society > Political studies > Political history
- Mind and language > Representation
Places
- 5 rue des Irlandais (Maison de la recherche Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Paris, France
Date(s)
- Friday, April 29, 2011
Keywords
- affaires, corruption, Gilded Age, États-Unis, Business and Politics
Contact(s)
- Nicolas Barreyre, Évelyne Payen-Variéras ~
courriel : cfp [dot] gilded [dot] age [at] gmail [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- Nicolas Barreyre
courriel : nicolas [dot] barreyre [at] ehess [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Revisiting the Gilded Age: Business and Politics in Late 19th-Century U.S. », Study days, Calenda, Published on Thursday, April 07, 2011, https://doi.org/10.58079/i8g