Curt Rosenthal
Biographic Data
| ID | 272044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Curt Rosenthal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Curt |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenthal |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENTHAL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8050-5011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Capitalism when Labor was Capital: Slavery, Power, and Price in Antebellum America
The new historians of capitalism have been reluctant to define "capitalism," warning that a narrow definition could artificially constrain our analysis of the system on the ground. But, as the field matures, thinking more about what capitalism is can help both to clarify cross-disciplinary debates and also to offer a deeper theoretical understanding of the relationship between slavery and capitalism. This paper unfolds in two parts. First, I expl…
Balancing the Books: Convergence and Diversity of Accounting in Massachusetts, 1875-1895
The late nineteenth century is often described as an era of innovation in managerial practice, including accounting. However, despite rich case studies of individual firms, we have little quantitative knowledge of average practices. This paper uses errors and omissions in balance statements to estimate the prevalence of double-entry bookkeeping and depreciation at Massachusetts corporations between 1875-1895. In 1875, 62 percent of firms balanced…
Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776-1848 by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele
Reviewed by: Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848 by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele Caitlin Rosenthal (bio) Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848. By Lindsay Schakenbach Regele. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. Pp. 280. Hardcover $59.95. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele's Manufacturing Advantage charts the rise of American manufacturing fr…
Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery
Numbers for the Innumerate: Everyday Arithmetic and Atlantic Capitalism
In nineteenth-century America and the Atlantic world, the "rule of three" was usually regarded as the endpoint of a basic mathematics education. This essay considers the importance of the rule as a technology that enabled broader access to the calculations necessary to participate in the increasingly global market economy. Used by workmen, women, and even the enslaved, the rule and related tools translated basic literacy into practical numeracy. …
The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
In the Money: Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism
In the Money:Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism Caitlin Rosenthal (bio) Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America. By Jonathan Levy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 414 pages. $37.00 (cloth). How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual. By Dan Bouk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 294 pages. $40.00 (cloth). Scandals and Abstraction: Financial Fiction…
From Memory to Mastery: Accounting for Control in America, 1750–1880
From Memory to Mastery explores the development of commercial numeracy and accounting in America and the English-speaking Atlantic world between 1750 and 1880. Most histories of accounting begin in the factories of England and New England, largely ignoring slave economies. I analyze both traditional sites of innovation, including textile mills and iron forges, and also southern and West Indian plantations. Along several dimensions, the calculativ…
Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Religion
Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery
From Memory to Mastery: Accounting for Control in America, 1750–1880
From Memory to Mastery explores the development of commercial numeracy and accounting in America and the English-speaking Atlantic world between 1750 and 1880. Most histories of accounting begin in the factories of England and New England, largely ignoring slave economies. I analyze both traditional sites of innovation, including textile mills and iron forges, and also southern and West Indian plantations. Along several dimensions, the calculativ…
Capitalism when Labor was Capital: Slavery, Power, and Price in Antebellum America
The new historians of capitalism have been reluctant to define "capitalism," warning that a narrow definition could artificially constrain our analysis of the system on the ground. But, as the field matures, thinking more about what capitalism is can help both to clarify cross-disciplinary debates and also to offer a deeper theoretical understanding of the relationship between slavery and capitalism. This paper unfolds in two parts. First, I expl…
The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
In the Money: Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism
In the Money:Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism Caitlin Rosenthal (bio) Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America. By Jonathan Levy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 414 pages. $37.00 (cloth). How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual. By Dan Bouk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 294 pages. $40.00 (cloth). Scandals and Abstraction: Financial Fiction…
Numbers for the Innumerate: Everyday Arithmetic and Atlantic Capitalism
In nineteenth-century America and the Atlantic world, the "rule of three" was usually regarded as the endpoint of a basic mathematics education. This essay considers the importance of the rule as a technology that enabled broader access to the calculations necessary to participate in the increasingly global market economy. Used by workmen, women, and even the enslaved, the rule and related tools translated basic literacy into practical numeracy. …
Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Religion
From Memory to Mastery: Accounting for Control in America, 1750–1880
From Memory to Mastery explores the development of commercial numeracy and accounting in America and the English-speaking Atlantic world between 1750 and 1880. Most histories of accounting begin in the factories of England and New England, largely ignoring slave economies. I analyze both traditional sites of innovation, including textile mills and iron forges, and also southern and West Indian plantations. Along several dimensions, the calculativ…
The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
In the Money: Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism
In the Money:Finance, Freedom, and American Capitalism Caitlin Rosenthal (bio) Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America. By Jonathan Levy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 414 pages. $37.00 (cloth). How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual. By Dan Bouk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 294 pages. $40.00 (cloth). Scandals and Abstraction: Financial Fiction…
Numbers for the Innumerate: Everyday Arithmetic and Atlantic Capitalism
In nineteenth-century America and the Atlantic world, the "rule of three" was usually regarded as the endpoint of a basic mathematics education. This essay considers the importance of the rule as a technology that enabled broader access to the calculations necessary to participate in the increasingly global market economy. Used by workmen, women, and even the enslaved, the rule and related tools translated basic literacy into practical numeracy. …
Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery
Capitalism when Labor was Capital: Slavery, Power, and Price in Antebellum America
The new historians of capitalism have been reluctant to define "capitalism," warning that a narrow definition could artificially constrain our analysis of the system on the ground. But, as the field matures, thinking more about what capitalism is can help both to clarify cross-disciplinary debates and also to offer a deeper theoretical understanding of the relationship between slavery and capitalism. This paper unfolds in two parts. First, I expl…
Balancing the Books: Convergence and Diversity of Accounting in Massachusetts, 1875-1895
The late nineteenth century is often described as an era of innovation in managerial practice, including accounting. However, despite rich case studies of individual firms, we have little quantitative knowledge of average practices. This paper uses errors and omissions in balance statements to estimate the prevalence of double-entry bookkeeping and depreciation at Massachusetts corporations between 1875-1895. In 1875, 62 percent of firms balanced…
Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776-1848 by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele
Reviewed by: Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848 by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele Caitlin Rosenthal (bio) Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848. By Lindsay Schakenbach Regele. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. Pp. 280. Hardcover $59.95. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele's Manufacturing Advantage charts the rise of American manufacturing fr…
Economics (6 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Capitalism (4 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · Accounting (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)