Scott Sandage, Carnegie Mellon University
“When Business Met Culture: 1837 in American History”
Jessica Lepler, Brandeis University
“The Pressure of 1836: The International Origins of Panic in 1837”
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Joshua R. Greenberg, Bridgewater State College
“The Panic of 1837 as an Opportunity for Radical Economic Ideas”
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Sharon Murphy, Providence College
“Protecting Women and Children against Economic Hazards: The Life Insurance Industry, 1837-1843”
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Dan Wadhwani, University of the Pacific
“‘Under the Wholesome Inspection and Control of Government’: Protecting Small Savers in the Wake of the Panic of 1837”
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Sean Adams, University of Florida
“ ‘As the Currency Expands, the Loaf Contracts’: Class and Consumption During the Panic of 1837”
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Kenneth Cohen, University of Delaware
“Panicked Play: 1837 and the Beginnings of Mass Entertainment”
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Mary Templin, University of Toledo
“Panic Fiction: Female Authors and Economic Crisis in 1837”
To read, Mary Templin, "Panic Fiction: Women's Responses to
Antebellum Economic Crisis," Legacy, Vol. 21 (No. 1, 2004), 1-16:
Go to http://muse.jhu.edu, Click on "Search," Go to "Search For," and type in Mary Templin in left side box plus choose "Author Article" in right side box. You can read the article in HTML or PDF format.
Jeffrey Sklansky, Oregon State University
“The Melodrama of Panic: William Leggett and the Literary Logic of Jacksonian Political Economy”
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TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 11-12, 2007
This conference is free and open to everyone interested in the topic.
For more information please contact
Cathy Matson,
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