• New Bedford, Massachusetts

  • Shaun S. Nichols is an Assistant Professor of History at Boise State University, where his research and teaching center on the history of capitalism, immigration, and labor in the United States and the world. His current book project, Crisis Capital: Industrial Massachusetts and the Making of Global Capitalism, 1813-Present (abstract), explores the ways in which Massachusetts business, labor, and government leaders sought to manipulate the global geographies of migrant labor and mobile capital to continually rebuild the state's economy in the face of recurrent economic crisis. Ultimately, it argues that while these practices of leveraging crisis, pro-growth state policy, and the lure of cheap labor into renewed economic growth catalyzed important bursts of growth and re-accumulation, these short-term tactics of "crisis capital" re-industrialization also unintentionally helped undermine these areas' long-term prosperity, actuating an ever-worsening cycle of economic calamity that has subsequently been reproduced in numerous global economies.

    Dr. Nichols has previously served as a College Fellow in History at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, and  an Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He has written book reviews and articles for journals such as Enterprise & Society, the Business History Review, and Labour/Le Travail, and has co-authored a book on the teaching of business history around the world. In addition, Nichols has taught or developed courses on topics ranging from immigration history and American intellectual history to the history of global capitalism and the global working class. 

    Nichols received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2016, where he worked with Sven Beckert, Lizabeth Cohen, and James Kloppenberg. He received his B.A. in 2010 from Western Washington University in Bellingham, where he worked with Chris Friday, A. Ricardo Lopez, George Mariz, and Johann Neem.

    Email: shaunnichols@boisestate.edu

    Em Português:

    Eu sou estudante de doutorado em História na Universidade de Harvard, estudando a história global do trabalho e capitalismo. Eu também sou associado no Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; eu era um pesquisador visitante no International Institute of Social History no outono de 2012; e eu sou consultor de história aqui em Harvard. Atualmente, estou trabalhando em uma dissertação, dirigido por Sven Beckert e Lizabeth Cohen, intitulado "A Crise do Capital: Massachusetts Industrial e da Criação do Capitalismo Global," em que eu explorar a industrialização e desindustrialização de Massachusetts por seguindo o fluxos de capital, trabalhadores migrantes, e capacidade industrial em Massachusetts e em todo o mundo. Como tal, estou particularmente interessado na história da imigração açoriana e Português de e para Massachusetts.
     
    Como estudante universitário , estudei com Chris Friday, Ricardo A. Lopez, Mariz George, e Johann Neem na Western Washington University, em Bellingham, Washington, de receber o meu BA em 2010.
     
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