Bio
Ph.D. in history from Columbia; author of A World Safe for Capitalism (Columbia, 2002) and Great Leaps Forward (Pearson, 2010); former Fulbright, NEH, and Charles Warren Center fellow; currently associate with Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University
Professional Memberships
Latin American Studies Association 2019 - 2020Awards and Honors
2003, National Endowment for the Humanities fellow; Charles Warren Center fellow, Harvard University2000, Library research fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University1997, Bancroft dissertation prize, Columbia University1993, Fulbright fellow, Dominican RepublicPublications
Journal Articles
Veeser, C. R. (2013). "A Forgotten Instrument of Global Capitalism? International Concessions, 1870-1930". International History Review, (35) 5 1136-1155. (Link)Arenella, L. S., Davi, W., Veeser, C. R., Wiggins, R. A. (2009). The Best of Both Worlds: Infusing Liberal Learning into a Business Curriculum. Liberal Education, (95) 1 (Link)Veeser, C. R. (2009). Concessions as a Modernizing Strategy in the Dominican Republic. Business History Review, (83) 4 27. Veeser, C. R. (2001). Breve Historia de los Bonos no Soberanos. Rumbo, (7) 388 50-52. Veeser, C. R. (1988). Great Books and Bayonets. Harper's. 21-22. Veeser, C. R. (). Discurso en la puesta en circulacion de La Soberania en Jaque. Clio: Organo de la Academia Dominicana de la Historia, (TK) TK 6 pp. . Forthcoming.
Books
Veeser, C. R. (2018). La Soberania en Jaque: Ulises Heureaux y la Injerencia Estadounidense, 1890 - 1908, (volume 146 in series) 383 pp. . Santo Domingo: Academia Dominicana de la HistoriaVeeser, C. R. (2015). El Epistolario de Ulises Heureaux. Forthcoming.Veeser, C. R. (2010). Great Leaps Forward: Modernizers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 192. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice HallVeeser, C. R. (2002). A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power. 256. New York, New York: Columbia University PressVeeser, C. R. (). Crash, Bang, Boom: How war and depression launched the American Century. New York, NY: Oxford University Press Forthcoming.
Book Chapters
Veeser, C. R., Bobea, L. J. (2019). Guerrilla Movements in the Dominican Republic In Dirk Kruijt, Eduardo Rey & Alberto Martin, (Eds.) Latin American Guerrilla Movements: Origins, Evolution, Outcomes. 20 pp.. New York, NY: RoutledgeVeeser, C. R. (2015). "El Protectorado de Estados Unidos" In , (Eds.) Historia del Pueblo Dominicano. 30. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Academia Dominicana de la Historia Forthcoming.Veeser, C. R. (2013). "The Platt Amendment and U.S. Occupation Policies in Latin America" In , (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of U.S. Diplomatic and Military History, Volume II . Veeser, C. R. (2011). “Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, Interventions in, 1903-1934” In Michael Kazin, (Eds.) Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. 67-70. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University PressVeeser, C. R. (2009). U.S. Interventions in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America In Michael Kazin , (Eds.) Princeton Encyclopedia of United States Political History. 12 pp.. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University PressBobea, L., Veeser, C. R. (2005). Introduction In , (Eds.) Tratados Sobre Seguridad Colectiva. 17-25. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: FunglodeVeeser, C. R. (2003). Toward Dollar Diplomacy: The Gilded-Age Origins of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine In , (Eds.) . Diplomatic HistoryVeeser, C. R. (2000). En las Majas de un Gran Molino: La Republica Dominicana en la guerra Espana-Cuba-Estados Unidos In Gaztambides, Antonio, (Eds.) Cien Años de Sociedad: Los 98 del Gran Caribe. 141-52. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Asociacion Puertorriquena de HistoriadoresVeeser, C. R. (1994). War, Propaganda, and Civilized Values In Elias, Robert, Turpin, Jennifer, (Eds.) Rethinking Peace. 42-48. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne RiennerBobea, L. J., Veeser, C. R. (). The Dominican Republic: Democracy, Still a Work in Progress In Harvey F. Kline, Christine J. Wade, Howard J. Wiarda , (Eds.) Latin American Politics and Development. 9th edition 20 . Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Routledge Forthcoming.Bobea, L. J., Veeser, C. R. (). "A Very Well Established Culture": Cocaine Market Self-Regulation as Alternative Governance in San Juan, Puerto Rico In Desmond Arias and Thomas Grisaffi, (Eds.) The Moral Economy of the Cocaine Trade. 25 pp. . Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press Forthcoming.
Book Reviews
Veeser, C. R. (2020). [Review of the book Review of In Their Own Best Interest ]. American Historical Review, (vol. 125) no. 1Bloomington, IN: (Link) Forthcoming.Veeser, C. R. (2018). [Review of the book Review of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean ]. Business History Review. Cambridge, MA: Forthcoming.Veeser, C. (2016). [Review of the book Review of Dollar Diplomacy by Force: Nation-Building and Resistance in the Dominican Republic ]. H-Net Review [H-Diplo]. (Link)Veeser, C. R. (2013). [Review of the book The Maya in the Mall ]. Business History Review, (87) 3Boston, MA: Veeser, C. R. (2012). [Review of the book The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai’i ]. American Historical Review, (117 ) 3Bloomington, IN: Veeser, C. R. (2006). [Review of the book History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 ]. American Historical Review, (111) 3Veeser, C. R. (2005). [Review of the book British Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Brazil: Business, Culture and Identity in Bahia ]. Business History Review, (79) 2Veeser, C. R. (2005). [Review of the book Power and Politics in Globalization: The Indispensable State ]. Business and Society Review, (110) 2Veeser, C. R. (2005). [Review of the book Race over Empire: Racism and U.S. Imperialism ]. American Historical Review, (110) 5Veeser, C. R. (2004). [Review of the book Global Coffee Economy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 1500-1989 ]. Business History Review, (78) 1
Other(s)
Veeser, C. R. (). Un Mundo Seguro Para el CapitalismoAcademia Dominicana de la Historia. Forthcoming.Presentations
Veeser, C. R. (2021). “Between states and markets: “institutional capacity” and development in historical perspective” Presented at theWorld Economic History Congress Paris, France Veeser, C. R. (2020). “"The Latin American Guerrilla: Origins, Evolution, and Legacy" ” Presented at the Latin American Studies Association Latin American Studies Association 2020 Conference Guadalajara, Mexico Veeser, C. R. (2019). “The Mystery of Foquismo: Che Guevara’s Strategy of Guerrilla War and its Consequences ” Presented at the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program, Gettysburg College Speakers Series Gettysburg, PA Veeser, C. R. (2018). “La Soberania en Jaque” Presented at the Academia Dominicana de la Historia Publication of book translation Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Veeser, C. R., Borgeld, H., Thompson, D. S., Twait, S. (2017). “"Alliance Management Learnings from Great Leaders"” Presented at the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals BioPharma Conference Cambridge, MA Veeser, C. R. (2017). ““Sovereign Debt and Sovereignty in the Dominican Republic, 1893- 1905” ” Presented at the São Paulo School of Economics & Fundação Getúlio Vargas Politics and Sovereign Debt in Latin America in Historical Perspective Workshop São Paulo Veeser, C. (2016). “MILITARY COUPS IN MIDDLE EAST, LATIN AMERICA AND BEYOND” Presented at the Harvard Law School As Egypt Goes, So Goes the Middle East Cambridge, MA Veeser, C. R. (2015). “invited commentator on Kris Manjapra’s paper, Plantation Dispossessions: Tracing the Global Travels of Caribbeanity” Presented at the Harvard University Political Economy of Modern Capitalism Workshop Cambridge, MA Veeser, C. R. (2013). “Reciprocal Impact: Inter-American Capitalisms and U.S. Empire in the 20th Century ” Presented at the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual meeting Washington, D.C. Veeser, C. R. (2013). “Bricks and mortar, flesh and blood: Why real humans in real classrooms are still better than online colleges” Presented at the Department of History, Government & Economics, North Shore Community College Annual Retreat Danvers, MA Veeser, C. R. (2013). “Capital Fight or Capital Fight? Protecting Foreign Investment in the Periphery in the First Age of Globalization” Presented at the Huntington Library Capitalizing on Finance: New Directions in the History of Capitalism San Marino, California Veeser, C. R. (2012). ““Universal rights at the hour of maximum empire” ” Presented at the University of South Carolina Law School Rudolph Barnes Symposium Columbia, South Carolina Veeser, C. R. (2012). ““Universal rights at the hour of maximum empire”” Presented at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Working Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Cambridge, MA Veeser, C. R. (2011). ““Using ‘Artifact Capsules’ in World History” ” Presented at the New England World History Association Symposium Braided Narratives: Integrating Teaching and Research Salem State College, Salem, MA Veeser, C. R. (2011). ““Concessions, Sovereignty, and Modernization: State Power and Foreign Direct Investment in the First Age of Globalization”” Presented at the New School / University of Manchester Power and the History of Capitalism New York, NY Veeser, C. R. (2011). “"Homo Economicus in the Tropics"” Presented at the University of Vienna Development Discourse in Africa Vienna, Austria Veeser, C. R. (2008). ““Homo Economicus in the Tropics: Forced Labor as a Modernizing Strategy” ” Presented at the British Academy Commodities of Empire London Veeser, C. R. (2006). ““A Forgotten Instrument of Global Capitalism? International Concessions, 1870-1930” ” Presented at the Harvard Business School Institutional Foundations of Capitalism Seminar Cambridge, MA Goldman, M., Herzberg, B. I., Marquez, I., Veeser, C. R. (2003). “Liberal and Professional: The Experience of the Liberal Arts at Bentley College” Veeser, C. R. (2003). Presented at the Harvard University Charles Warren Center seminar Cambridge, MA Veeser, C. R. (2003). Presented at theBusiness History Conference Lowell, MA Veeser, C. R. (2001). Presented at the LASA Latin American Studies Association annual meeting Washington, D.C. Veeser, C. R. (2000). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Section World History Association annual meeting New Jersey Veeser, C. R. (1995). Presented at the SHAFR Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations annual meeting Annapolis, MD Veeser, C. R. (1995). Presented at the Gettysburg College Latin American Studies Program seminar Gettysburg, PA Service
Department Service
Committee Member for Search Committee, tenure-track assistant professor of business and economic history 2021 - PresentCommittee Chair for Department chair search committee 2019 - 2019Committee Chair for Department chair review and search committee 2016 - 2016Committee Member for European/Empire Search Committee 2012 - 2013Committee Chair for Chair Review and Search Committee 2012 - 2012University Service
Committee Chair for Curriculum Policy Committee 2019 - 2022Mentor (Faculty) for First Year Seminar 2021 - 2021FYS instructor for First Year Seminar 2019 - 2019Task Force Chair for Curriculum revision task force 2018 - 2018Committee Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum Task Force 2018 - 2018Committee Member for Research Council 2014 - 2017member, then co-chair for Signature Work Task Force 2016 - 2017classroom observation for Modern Languages - 2015Student Organization Advisor for Bentley Social Responsibility 2014 - 2015Committee Member for Faculty Honor's Council 2012 - 2015Committee Member for Curriculum Policy Committee 2010 - 2013University Senate for University Senate 2010 - 2011Professional Service
External promotion reviewer for Pomona College 2021 - 2022
