Essays In Economic & Business History: The Journal of the Economic & Business historical Society 

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VOLUME 23

ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Annual Awards, 2004

THE CHARLES J. KENNEDY AWARD, established in honor of the founder of

the Economic and Business Historical Society, is given annually to the

author or authors of the best article published in that year’s issue of

Essays in Economic and Business History. The 2004 award was presented in

Anaheim, California, to Antonio Calabria of the University of Texas at

San Antonio for “The Cost of a Man’s Life in Sixteenth-Century Naples:

Galley Rowers on the Early Modern Mediterranean.”

THE JAMES SOLTOW AWARD, established in honor of the founder and fi rst

editor of Essays in Economic and Business History, is given for the best

article in that year’s issue of Essays written by an author or authors who

have not previously published in Essays. The 2004 award was presented

in Anaheim, California, to Janice Trafl et of Columbia University for

“Spreading the Ideal of Mass Share-Ownership: Public Relations and

the NYSE.”

Essays in Economic and Business History

Refereed Papers

Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting

Economic and Business Historical Society

April 22, 23, and 24, 2004

Anaheim, California

Volume XXIII, 2005

Published by the Economic and Business Historical Society and the

Department of Economics, Auburn UniversitY

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