Rosanne Currarino, Queen's University

Research

US history history of economic thought business history history of capitalism gilded age agricultural history

Latest funding

Orange grove capitalism: imagining the modern American economy, 1870-1910
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$60,246
Marketplace of dreams economic imagination in nineteenth-century America
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$40,350

Orange grove capitalism: imagining the modern American economy, 1870-1910

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Currarino, Rosanne N.

Keywords: US history; history of economic thought; business history; history of capitalism; gilded age; agricultural history

$60,246

Marketplace of dreams economic imagination in nineteenth-century America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Currarino, Rosanne N.

Keywords: history; United States; economic; intellectual; cultural history; labour history; nineteenth century

$40,350

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: US history Dear Professor Currarino, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on us history connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]