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The history of business can be studied from a variety of angles. These approaches are discussed by the interviewee in terms of business methodology. Different areas of historical study interconnected with that of business are also explored. Books and authors demonstrating the points are shared and problems with the study of new history are also examined.
| Interviewee: | Baughman, James |
| Call number: | 71-020 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | May 1971 |
| Physical Description: | 25 pages, 1 tape, 3 3/4 ips, 1 hour; name index; photograph of interviewee, biographical data of interviewee |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Madison, James H. |
James Baughman, born on August 8, 1936, discusses the history of business and how it is studied. He discusses business methodology in the forms of administrative history and biographical (business) history, among others. He talks about the concept of business in history as opposed to the history of business, which entails how business has effected society throughout history and includes such areas of study as economic history and statistics. Baughman discusses the problems that general historians have with these emerging methods of studying history. He argues that in order to have a serious study of any particular area of history, one must first understand the fields in relation to it. He mentions authors in each of the methods he describes and considers by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the most effective text for students of the history of business.
Harvard Business School
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr.
business history professor
university administrator of research
Strategy and
Structure
administrative history
biographical history
business in history
business methodology
economic history
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