Szostak, Rick -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Rick
Last Name: 
Szostak
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Economics
University Affiliation: 
University of Alberta
Phone: 
7804927645
Email Address: 
rick.szostak@ualberta.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Technology
Science
Geographical Region: 
Great Britain
North America
Time Period: 
18th Century
20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
As an economic historian I have written about technology primarily in the context of the British Industrial Revolution and American Great Depression. As a scholar of science I have classified the phenomena, theories, methods, and practices of the contemporary scientific enterprise. I have also written extensively on the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity.
Academics
PHD Program: 
Economics
PHD University: 
Northwestern University
PHD Date: 
1985
Major Publications: 
The Causes of Economic Growth: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2009, Berlin: Springer. 372p. Technology and American Society: A History (with Gary Cross), 2nd Ed., 2004, Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall Publishers, 350p. Classifying Science: Phenomena, Data, Theory, Method, Practice, 2004, Dordrecht: Springer, 301 p. Technological Innovation and the Great Depression, 1995, Boulder CO: Westview Press, 365p. Technology and American Society: A History (with Gary Cross), 1995, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall Publishers, 337p. The Role of Transportation in the Industrial Revolution, 1991, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 331p. Journal Articles:
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Association for Integrative Studies, Economic History Association, Economic History Society; Society for the History of Technology; occasionally in 4S
Courses Taught: 
Introduction to STS, Technology Institutions and Economic Growth, Canadian Economic History, European Economic History, Interdisciplinarity, Mapping Interdisciplinary Studies