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Cancelled: Form/Huber Colloquia Series: Dr. Sarah Quinn

Dr. Sarah Quinn
March 20, 2020
12:30PM - 1:45PM
Townshend Hall, Room 248

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Add to Calendar 2020-03-20 12:30:00 2020-03-20 13:45:00 Cancelled: Form/Huber Colloquia Series: Dr. Sarah Quinn Dr. Sarah Quinn, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA will deliver our second Form Huber Colloquia of Spring 2020. Talk title and abstract are below. Mark your calendars! This series is open to the public and there is no RSVP required.  Title: American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation Abstract: The issue of moving credit around the United States, both across territory and across social groups, has been an important part of U.S. politics since the founding of the nation. In the early 20th century, a group of reformers reframed credit provision as a way for the government to help people help themselves. The talk will explain how this idea justified a transformation in economic and social policy that profoundly shapes the American experience to this day. Townshend Hall, Room 248 Department of Sociology sociology-info@osu.edu America/New_York public

Dr. Sarah Quinn, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA will deliver our second Form Huber Colloquia of Spring 2020. Talk title and abstract are below. Mark your calendars!

This series is open to the public and there is no RSVP required. 


Title: American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation

Abstract: The issue of moving credit around the United States, both across territory and across social groups, has been an important part of U.S. politics since the founding of the nation. In the early 20th century, a group of reformers reframed credit provision as a way for the government to help people help themselves. The talk will explain how this idea justified a transformation in economic and social policy that profoundly shapes the American experience to this day.

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