Cyrus Veeser

Cyrus Veeser

  • Professor, History
  • Ph.D. in History, Columbia University

Teaching Interests

History of capitalism;
Caribbean and Latin American history;
History of U.S. foreign relations

Research Interests

U.S. foreign economic policy in interwar period;
Modernization in colonies and LDCs, 1870-1930;
Caribbean and Latin American history, 1870-1945;
Concessions as modernizing strategies

Bio

Ph.D. in history from Columbia; author of A World Safe for Capitalism (Columbia, 2002), Great Leaps Forward (Pearson, 2010), and articles in Diplomatic History, Business History Review, and International History; former Fulbright, NEH, and Charles Warren Center fellow.

Professional Memberships

  • Latin American Studies Association 2019-01-01 - 2020-12-31

    • Awards and Honors

  • National Endowment for the Humanities fellow; Charles Warren Center fellow, Harvard University
  • Library research fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
  • Bancroft dissertation prize, Columbia University
  • Fulbright fellow, Dominican Republic

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Journal Articles

  • Veeser, C. R. (2024). History Shows How Dangerous ‚Äö√Ñ√≤America First‚Äö√Ñ√¥ Really Is. Time magazine digital unnumbered, about 1500 words (8 minute read). (Link)
  • Veeser, C. R. (2013). "A Forgotten Instrument of Global Capitalism? International Concessions, 1870-1930". International History Review, (35) 5 1136-1155. (Link)
  • Veeser, C. R. (2009). Concessions as a Modernizing Strategy in the Dominican Republic. Business History Review, (83) 4 27.
  • 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. (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.
  • , C. R. The Bay of Pigs and the Mystique of the Mountains. Diplomatic History (In Progress)
  • Veeser, C. R. Playa Giron and the Mystique of the Mountains. Latin American Perspectives currently 75 manuscript pages. (In Progress)
  • 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)
  • Veeser, C. R. Global Governance and Native Rights in the 1920s: The Rise and Fall of the “Coloured Labour” Charter. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (In Progress)

    • 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 Historia
  • Veeser, 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 Hall
  • Veeser, C. R. (2002). A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power 256. New York, New York: Columbia University Press
  • Veeser, C. R. (). Origins of U.S. Internationalism: How Depression and War Launched the American Century 300 manuscript pages. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (In Progress)
  • Veeser, 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 Latin American Guerrilla Movements: Origins, Evolution, Outcomes. New York, NY: Routledge
  • Veeser, C. R. (2015). "El Protectorado de Estados Unidos" Historia del Pueblo Dominicano. 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" Routledge Handbook of U.S. Diplomatic and Military History, Volume II.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2011). ‚ÄúCaribbean, Central America, and Mexico, Interventions in, 1903-1934‚Äù Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
  • Veeser, C. R. (2009). U.S. Interventions in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America Princeton Encyclopedia of United States Political History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
  • Bobea, L., Veeser, C. R. (2005). Introduction Tratados Sobre Seguridad Colectiva. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Funglode
  • Veeser, C. R. (2003). Toward Dollar Diplomacy: The Gilded-Age Origins of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine . Diplomatic History
  • Veeser, C. R. (2000). En las Majas de un Gran Molino: La Republica Dominicana en la guerra Espana-Cuba-Estados Unidos Cien A√±os de Sociedad: Los 98 del Gran Caribe. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Asociacion Puertorriquena de Historiadores
  • Veeser, C. R. (1994). War, Propaganda, and Civilized Values Rethinking Peace. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner
  • Bobea, L. J., Veeser, C. R. "A Very Well Established Culture": Cocaine Market Self-Regulation as Alternative Governance in San Juan, Puerto Rico The Moral Economy of the Cocaine Trade. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press (Forthcoming)
  • Bobea, L. J., Veeser, C. R. The Dominican Republic: Democracy, Still a Work in Progress Latin American Politics and Development. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Routledge (Forthcoming)

    • Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blogs, Podcasts

  • 2018. "Diario Libre, Dominican Republic"
  • 2015. "Jornada Extra, Teleantillas, Dominican Republic"
  • 2013. "Bloomberg News website"
  • 2012. "WGBH Radio"
  • 2011. "WGBH radio"
  • 2011. "Boston Globe / Boston.com"
  • 2002. "Chronicle of Higher Education"

    • Other Scholarly Work

  • Veeser, C. R. (2023). Defaulting Debtors, American Public Opinion, and U.S. International Relations, 1900 to 1940. Modern American History (Forthcoming).
  • Veeser, C. R. (2019). Comment on Limits of Westernization. H-Diplo, (TK) (Link) (Forthcoming).
  • Veeser, C. R. Un Mundo Seguro Para el Capitalismo. Academia Dominicana de la Historia (Forthcoming).

    • Presentations

  • Veeser, C. R. (2021). “Between states and markets: ‚Äúinstitutional capacity‚Äù and development in historical perspective” Presented at the World 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‚Äôs 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). “‚ÄúSovereign Debt and Sovereignty in the Dominican Republic, 1893- 1905‚Äù” Presented at the S√£o Paulo School of Economics & Funda√ß√£o Get√∫lio Vargas Politics and Sovereign Debt in Latin America in Historical Perspective Workshop S√£o 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‚Äôs 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). “‚ÄúUniversal rights at the hour of maximum empire‚Äù” Presented at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Working Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Cambridge, MA
  • Veeser, C. R. (2012). “‚ÄúUniversal rights at the hour of maximum empire‚Äù” Presented at the University of South Carolina Law School Rudolph Barnes Symposium Columbia, South Carolina
  • Veeser, C. R. (2011). “‚ÄúUsing ‚ÄòArtifact Capsules‚Äô in World History‚Äù” Presented at the New England World History Association Symposium Braided Narratives: Integrating Teaching and Research Salem State College, Salem, MA
  • Veeser, C. R. (2011). “‚ÄúConcessions, Sovereignty, and Modernization: State Power and Foreign Direct Investment in the First Age of Globalization‚Äù” 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). “‚ÄúHomo Economicus in the Tropics: Forced Labor as a Modernizing Strategy‚Äù” Presented at the British Academy Commodities of Empire London
  • Veeser, C. R. (2006). “‚ÄúA Forgotten Instrument of Global Capitalism? International Concessions, 1870-1930‚Äù” 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 the Business 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

    • Reviews

  • Veeser, C. R. (2025). Review of Wage-Earning Slaves: Coartacion in Nineteenth-Century Cuba. , (Volume 98) Issue 3 785-787.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2020). Review of In Their Own Best Interest. , (vol. 125) no. 1 1:00 PM. (Link) (Forthcoming)
  • Veeser, C. R. (2018). Review of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. (Forthcoming)
  • Veeser, C. (2016). Review of Dollar Diplomacy by Force: Nation-Building and Resistance in the Dominican Republic. (Link)
  • Veeser, C. R. (2013). The Maya in the Mall. , (87) 3 561-563.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2012). The Purposes of Paradise: U.S. Tourism and Empire in Cuba and Hawai’i. , (117) 3 858-859.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2006). History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945. , (111) 3 853-854.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2005). Race over Empire: Racism and U.S. Imperialism. , (110) 5 1541-1542.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2005). British Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Brazil: Business, Culture and Identity in Bahia. , (79) 2 409-412.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2005). Power and Politics in Globalization: The Indispensable State. , (110) 2 225-232.
  • Veeser, C. R. (2004). Global Coffee Economy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 1500-1989. , (78) 1 153-156.

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Faculty adviser to student organization for Bentley Speech and Debate Society 2023-12-01 - Present
  • Faculty advisor to new chapter of History Honor Society at Bentley for Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society 2022-11-01 - 2024-02-28
  • Committee Member for Search Committee, tenure-track assistant professor of business and economic history 2021-09-01 - 2022-03-31
  • Committee Chair for Department chair search committee 2019-09-01 - 2019-10-31
  • Committee Chair for Department chair review and search committee 2016-07-01 - 2016-11-30
  • Committee Member for European/Empire Search Committee 2012-09-01 - 2013-04-30
  • Committee Chair for Chair Review and Search Committee 2012-09-01 - 2012-12-31

    • Service: Public

  • Board Member for Anti-Discrimination Center of New York 2010-01-01 - Present

    • Service: Professional

  • External promotion reviewer for Pomona College 2021-09-01 - 2022-01-08

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Martin Luther King Jr. Day planning committee 2024-06-01 - 2025-01-28
  • Committee Chair for Curriculum Policy Committee 2023-05-01 - 2025-05-31
  • Committee Member for MLK 2024 Planning Committee 2023-06-01 - 2024-01-31
  • Committee Member for Promotion & Tenure 2022-09-30 - 2022-12-05
  • Mentor (Faculty) for First Year Seminar 2021-09-01 - 2021-11-30
  • Committee Chair for Curriculum Policy Committee 2019-07-01 - 2022-07-31
  • FYS instructor for First Year Seminar 2019-08-01 - 2019-11-30
  • Task Force Chair for Curriculum revision task force 2018-01-17 - 2018-12-31
  • Committee Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum Task Force 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  • member, then co-chair for Signature Work Task Force 2016-05-01 - 2017-05-31
  • Committee Member for Research Council 2014-09-01 - 2017-07-31
  • Student Organization Advisor for Bentley Social Responsibility 2014-10-01 - 2015-09-30
  • Committee Member for Faculty Honor's Council 2012-09-01 - 2015-05-31
  • Committee Member for Curriculum Policy Committee 2010-09-01 - 2013-05-31
  • University Senate for University Senate 2010-09-01 - 2011-05-31