The Library Company of Philadelphia has issued a call for papers for its upcoming conference “Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of Nineteenth-Century America.”
To highlight not only the innovative research being done by historians of capitalism and its culture but also the rich collections of the Library Company that support study of these topics, the conveners seek paper proposals for a conference on Thursday, June 7 – Friday, June 8, 2012, that explore how shadow economies operated in the nineteenth-century United States and examine the meanings Americans gave to them.
Please send a 2-3 page abstract and c.v. both to Wendy Woloson at wewo99@gmail.com and Brian Luskey at brian.luskey@mail.wvu.edu no later than January 15, 2012, to ensure consideration.
(From H-Material Culture)