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Thomas K. McCraw

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Thomas K. McCraw

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1940-09-11 （Corinth, Mississippi, United States）
死没
2012-11-03 （Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States） 72歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Corinth, Mississippi, United States (birthplace) → Florence, Alabama, United States (high school) → Madison, Wisconsin, United States (graduate studies) → Austin, Texas, United States (University of Texas at Austin) → Belmont, Massachusetts, United States (residence) → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (deceased)

経歴

職業
business historian, historian, professor, author
活動期間
1967年〜2012年
所属
Harvard Business School, University of Texas at Austin, Massachusetts Historical Society, Nomura School of Advanced Management (advisory board, Tokyo)
所属団体
Massachusetts Historical Society
影響を受けた人物
Alfred D. Chandler Jr., Joseph Schumpeter
影響を与えた人物
Harvard Business School students and scholars, business historians

学歴

University of Mississippi
学位: BA
期間: 1958-1962
卒業年: 1962
国: United States
Attended on an ROTC scholarship
University of Wisconsin–Madison
History
学位: PhD
期間: 1966-1970
卒業年: 1970
国: United States
Served as a teaching assistant 1967–1969

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for History
1985
対象作品: Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn
部門: 歴史
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board (Columbia University)
結果: 受賞
Thomas Newcomen Award
1986
対象作品: Prophets of Regulation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Morgan versus Lilienthal: The Feud within the TVA

1970年 business history

A study of conflicts within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), analyzing internal power struggles and debates over public works and policy.

public workspolicy disputesorganizational historyinfrastructure development

Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn

1984年 business history / regulatory history

Uses biography to explore the history and economic significance of regulation in the United States, tracing how key regulators shaped policy.

regulationeconomic policybiographical analysispublic policy

The Essential Alfred Chandler: Essays Towards a Historical Theory of Business

1988年 edited volume / business history

An edited collection of Alfred D. Chandler's key essays, presenting theoretical frameworks for business and organizational history.

business historyorganizational theoryhistorical theory

Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions

1997年 business history

A broad account of how entrepreneurs, companies, and nations shaped and advanced capitalism across three industrial revolutions; developed from a widely used MBA course.

development of capitalismentrepreneurshipindustrial revolutionsinstitutional history

The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School

1999年 biography / institutional history

A study of John H. McArthur's career and the influence of Harvard Business School as an educational institution.

history of educationleadershipinstitutional history

American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked

2000年 economic history / business history

An overview of how American business operated across the 20th century, analyzing the interplay of regulation, markets, and corporate strategy.

20th-century historycorporate strategymarkets and regulation

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

2007年 biography / history of economic thought

A biographical study of Joseph Schumpeter and his theories, with emphasis on the concept of 'creative destruction' and its intellectual history.

innovationhistory of economic thoughtbiography

The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy

2012年 economic history

Examines how figures like Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin, along with other immigrants, helped forge America's early financial system.

financial historyfounding-era economyrole of immigrants

全著作

  • Morgan versus Lilienthal: The Feud within the TVA (1970)
  • Prophets of Regulation (1984)
  • The Essential Alfred Chandler (ed., 1988)
  • Creating Modern Capitalism (1997)
  • The Intellectual Venture Capitalist (1999)
  • American Business, 1920-2000 (2000)
  • Prophet of Innovation (2007)
  • The Founders and Finance (2012)

作風・主題

文体
scholarly yet accessible prosecomparative biographical approachsystematic, lecture-derived exposition
頻出モチーフ
regulation and the role of governmentformation and transformation of capitalismentrepreneurship and innovationhistory of institutions and organizations

健康

  • heart and lung problems
    晩年
    Reportedly contributed to his death

評価・遺産

Thomas K. McCraw left influential scholarly and popular works in business history, shaped generations of students through his MBA course 'Creating Modern Capitalism', and helped popularize business history. He was recognized with the 1985 Pulitzer Prize and contributed to research and teaching at Harvard Business School.

関連学会

  • Massachusetts Historical Society

資料所蔵先

  • Harvard Business School Archives (Baker Library)

大衆文化への影響

  • EconTalk interview (2007)

引用

  • "Mr. McCraw explains sophisticated economic theory in accessible terms, and he has a historian's knack for isolating such basic American traits as a mistrust of big business and for showing how regulators manipulated these traits to implement their policies."
    出典: The New York Times Book Review (1984年)

豆知識

  • Graduated University of Mississippi in 1962 on an ROTC scholarship and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1962–1966.
  • Served as assistant and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Harvard Business School in 1978.
  • Created the MBA course 'Creating Modern Capitalism' at Harvard; its syllabus became widely used as a textbook.
  • Married childhood sweetheart Susan Morehead in 1962 and had three children.
  • Suffered from heart and lung problems in later life and died in Cambridge in 2012.