December 2017 Lecture
Mon., December 11, 2017, 6 pm, Lecture Series on
"Humanities in Community"
On second Mondays monthly -- excepting semester and summer breaks -- a Liberal Arts professor/instructor from the UW-Madison or Madison College will explore issues or topics and invite Q&A. See posters in our archive for descriptions of previous lectures. _____________________________________
Topic: Who Counts in the Corporation?: Race, Imperialism and Corporate Personhood in US History
Lecturer: Nan Enstad, Professor of History, UW-Madison
Her book -- Cigarettes Inc: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism in the United States and China -- will be published by the University of Chicago Press in Fall 2018.
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“Corporations underwent a transformation in the 1890s that continues to affect us today. This talk explores the connections between corporate empowerment, a rising system of Jim Crow, and US imperialism at the end of the 19th century by exploring one company at the forefront of these changes, the American Tobacco Company. It suggests that our “imaginary” of the corporation is impoverished because of this history, and that intervening in our way of thinking is a component of making people count in our economic system."
Mon., December 11, 2017, 6 pm, Lecture Series on
"Humanities in Community"
On second Mondays monthly -- excepting semester and summer breaks -- a Liberal Arts professor/instructor from the UW-Madison or Madison College will explore issues or topics and invite Q&A. See posters in our archive for descriptions of previous lectures. _____________________________________
Topic: Who Counts in the Corporation?: Race, Imperialism and Corporate Personhood in US History
Lecturer: Nan Enstad, Professor of History, UW-Madison
Her book -- Cigarettes Inc: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism in the United States and China -- will be published by the University of Chicago Press in Fall 2018.
“Corporations underwent a transformation in the 1890s that continues to affect us today. This talk explores the connections between corporate empowerment, a rising system of Jim Crow, and US imperialism at the end of the 19th century by exploring one company at the forefront of these changes, the American Tobacco Company. It suggests that our “imaginary” of the corporation is impoverished because of this history, and that intervening in our way of thinking is a component of making people count in our economic system."
Nan Enstad, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses corporate history in the United States at the turn of the 20th Century.
This 81/2" x 11" poster has two sides and is designed for printing and posting on bulletin boards.
2017-12-11_Humanities_Corporations_1-pos[...]
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Nan Enstad, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses corporate history in the United States at the turn of the 20th Century.
This 81/2" x 11" sheet contains two handouts with two sides, each designed for printing and handing to friends or posting on bulletin boards.
2017-12-11_Humanities_Corporations_1-pos[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [1'012.6 KB]
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