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 recent book, Manufacturing Catastrophe: Massachusetts and the Making of Global Capitalism, 1813 to the Present, explores the origins of industrial growth and decay in the United States through a study of the paradigmatic case of southeastern Massachusetts. It is an intimate portrait of the torturous history of the Massachusetts economy as told through the constant global movements of labor and capital. He is also the author of History is Rich, a beautifully illustrated history of the American economy written for kids ages 8-13.
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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 also written book reviews and articles for journals such as Labor: Working Class Histories of the Americas, Enterprise & Society, the Business History Review, and Labour/Le Travail; he also 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. |
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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