Seth Rockman
Seth Rockman | |
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 Rockman in 2012 | |
| Spouse | Tara Nummedal |
| Awards | Merle Curti Award (2010) Philip Taft Labor History Book Award (2010) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | American history |
Sub-discipline | History of slavery |
| Institutions | |
Seth Rockman is an American historian. He is an associate professor of history at Brown University.[1] He is the recipient of the Merle Curti Award and the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for his 2009 book Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore.[2]
Biography
Rockman was born in Indiana and raised in San Francisco.[2] He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.[3] He taught at Occidental College before joining the Brown University faculty in 2004.[1] His scholarship has focused on the history of slavery and capitalism in the United States.[4][5][6][7]
In 2010, Rockman was the co-winner of the Merle Curti Award from the Organization of American Historians.[8] He also received the 2010 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award from the Cornell University ILR School.[9]
In 2016, he co-edited Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development with Sven Beckert, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.[10]
Personal life
Rockman is married to fellow Brown historian Tara Nummedal.[11]
Bibliography
- Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development (editor, with Sven Beckert). University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
- Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery. University of Chicago Press, 2024.
References
- 1 2 "Seth E. Rockman | Department of History | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- 1 2 "Rockman, Seth". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Riveted: The History of Jeans". KPBS Public Media. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Beckert, Sven; Rockman, Seth (2011-04-02). "Partners in Iniquity". Opinionator. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Rothman, Joshua D. (20 September 2016). "The history of American slavery is also a history of capitalism's dark side". Quartz. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Knowledge, HBS Working. "The Clear Connection Between Slavery And American Capitalism". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "Merle Curti Award Winners | OAH". www.oah.org. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "Past Award Recipients". The ILR School | Cornell University. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ "Slavery's Capitalism – Penn Press". University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 2026-04-12.
- ↑ Coe, Alexis (2013-01-17). "Being Married Helps Professors Get Ahead, but Only If They're Male". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-05-30.