Ph.D. - Economic History
Cambridge University - 1996
Professional Preparation
M.Phil. - Latin American Studies
Cambridge University - 1992
Cambridge University - 1992
B.A. - History & Latin American Studies
University of California, Berkeley - 1990
University of California, Berkeley - 1990
Publications
"Instructor's Manual" for Adler, Philip J. and Randall L. Pouwels, World Civilizations, Sixth Edition, Wadsworth Publishing (Forthcoming forthcoming - Publication
"Balance of Trade," "Bolivia," "Capitalism," "Colonial Administration," "Industrial Revolution," "Mexico," "Pirates," "Silver," "Third World," "Trade Deficits," "Wages." Contributions to The Tariff in U.S. History, 1600s-2000: An Encyclopedia Cynthia Northrup, et. al. eds. (Greenwood Press, 2002.) 2002 - Publication
"Making Global Trade 'Global:' The Profit Motive Behind Spanish American Silver and Chinese Silk," Latin American and Global Trade: Essays from the Social Science History Institute Seminar, Stanford University, November, 2002/3. 2002 - Publication
"Silver, Trade & War: Revisionism or Recapitulation?" A Review Essay on Stanley and Barbara Stein's Silver, Trade & War: Spain & America in the Making of Early Modern Europe. Hispanic American Historical Review (May 2002. ) 2002 - Publication
"The Demise of the Last Medieval Empire: Spain, Spanish America, and the Fiscal Revolution of 1763-1820." Working Papers Series, International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Warren Center, Harvard University, August, 2001. 2001 - Publication
"Chinese Silk and the European 'New Draperies': Transatlantic Trade and the Parallel Crises of Europe and Mexico, 1571-1670," Working Papers Series, International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Warren Center, Harvard University, August, 1999 1999 - Publication
Appointments
Consultant
Cengage Publishing [2010–Present]
Cengage Publishing [2010–Present]
Professor
Collins College [2007–Present]
Collins College [2007–Present]
Visiting Professor
Grambling State University [2005–2006]
Grambling State University [2005–2006]
Adjunct Professor
Salt Lake Community College [2003–2005]
Salt Lake Community College [2003–2005]
Grants and Projects Coordinator
University of Utah [2002–2004]
University of Utah [2002–2004]
Consultant
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey [2000–2002]
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey [2000–2002]
Assistant Professor
Utah State University [1996–2002]
Utah State University [1996–2002]
Supervisor of Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
University of Cambridge [1994–1995]
University of Cambridge [1994–1995]
Supervisor of Studies, Faculty of History
University of Cambridge [1993–1996]
University of Cambridge [1993–1996]
Supervisor of Studies, Faculty of Geography
University of Cambridge [1993–1994]
University of Cambridge [1993–1994]
Projects
A Review of William Schell's Don Porfirio's Yankees: Mexico City's American Colony-Political Culture, Economy, and the Caudillo State to 1911"
1999–1999 Comments given at the First National Meeting of the Historical Society, Boston University, 27-29 May, 1999.Municipal Market Structures and Management in Colonial Mexico: the Case of Puebla de los Angeles, 1532-1809
1998–1998 Conference on Latin American History-American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 1998Mexican Silver and the Philippine Situado: Reassessing the Cost of Spanish Imperialism in the Pacific, 1590-1700
1998–1998 Pacific Centuries conference, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, April 1998.Accion y reaccion en el reino de Felipe II: Algunos origines de la hacienda de labor de Nueva Espana Congreso Internacional "
1998–1998 Felipe II - La Fragua de un Imperio Zacatecas and Guadalajara, MX, 22 September 1998.The History of Mexico in Brief, Pre-History to 1825
1997–1997 Dept of Geography Seminar, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, October, 1997.Additional Information
Teaching Experience
Europe:
- Ancient Western Civilization to 1450 (Lower Division)
- Modern Western Civilization from 1450 (Lower Division)
- Spain, 1469-Present (Upper Division)
- Western European Economic History, 1450-1850 (Upper Division)
- Debates in Western European Economic History (Graduate)
- Trade and Exploration in Early Modern Europe 1450-1700 (Graduate)
Latin America:
- The Caribbean in World History, Pre-History to the Present (Lower Division)
- Latin American in World History, Pre-History to 1825 (Lower Division)
- Colonial Latin America to 1825 (Upper and Lower Division)
- Modern Latin America from 1825 (Upper and Lower Division)
- Mexico, Pre-History to the Present (Upper Division)
- The United States and Mexico, 1825-Present (Upper Division)
- The Caribbean, 1500-Present (Upper Division)
- Conquest and Conversion in Spanish America, 1300-1825 (Upper Division)
- Spanish America, 1492-1825 (Upper Division and Graduate)
United States:
- American civilizations: Introduction to U.S. History (Lower Division)
- United States History to 1877 (Lower Division)
- United States History since 1850 (Lower Division)
- United States/Spanish Amer. Borderlands 1825-Present (Upper Div. & Graduate)
- The British Empire in North America to 1783 (Lower Division)
World:
- Ancient World Civilizations to 1450 (Lower Division)
- Modern World Civilizations from 1450 (Lower Division)
- World Civilizations-Atlantic Basin from 1450 (Lower Division)
- Culture and Exchange in the Pre-Nineteenth Century World (Lower Division)
Asia:
- The British Empire in India, 1767-1914 (Lower Division)
- The History of Asia, 1200-1900 (Upper Div. - Special Topics)
- Europe in Asia, 1450-1850 (Graduate)
- The Economic History of the Pacific, 1550-1900 (Graduate)
- Interdisciplinary:
- Introduction to the Humanities (Lower Division, Humanities)
- Cultural Geography of Lat. America, 1325-1825 (Lower Div. - Geography)
- Politics of the Mexican Revolution (Upper Div. - Political Science)
Book Reviews
- Hispanic American Historical Review; H-Latin America; Business History Review; Western Historical Quarterly
Projects in Progress (Essays and Books)
- "The Age of Inheritance: Legacies of Economic Development in the Agricultural Economy of Puebla, Mexico, 1532-1809." (Book Manuscript)
- "Spanish America, Ming Collapse. silk and the Ming: A Re-examination of the Causes of the A research note." (Essay)
- "Poblano Wheat and Commercial Agriculture: A Reassessment of the Profitability of the Hacienda in Colonial Spanish America." (Essay)
- "Spanish Silver, Chinese Silk and the Global Market for Luxury Textiles, 1571-1670." (Essay)