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Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on July 31, 2008
Enterprise and Society 2008 9(4):575-590; doi:10.1093/es/khn078
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Business History Conference. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Looking Toward the Future: Expanding Connections for Business Historians

Pamela Walker Laird

PAMELA WALKER LAIRD is a history professor at the University of Colorado in Denver

Contact information: History Department, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 182, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364; E-mail: pamela.laird@ucdenver.edu.

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Last year, Will Hausman gave us a splendid overview of business history's development for his presidential address.1 Despite his modesty, he treated us to a review of the parallels between his career and the field's progress, which owes much to his dedication to the Business History Conference (BHC) and its various constituencies. What we have within the BHC now, thanks to Will and many others, are multiple opportunities for exciting interactions based on ideas. As we share, exchange, and rearrange our ideas, they grow, as do our pleasure in and appreciation for them. The BHC offers us a wonderful arena for advancing the life of our minds—while advancing our ideas.

This year, I am going to talk about business history's future and the future of the BHC. The organization's health is excellent, and our historiographical range grows apace; it is a good time for looking ahead. Yet, you may protest, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Imagining Futures
 

   Why Expand Business History's Connections, and Why Now?
 

   Learning from Trade Associations and Professional Organizations
 

   Moving Forward
 

   Conclusion
 

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