Naomi Raboy Lamoreaux (born 1950) is an American economic historian, specializing in US business and technological history. She is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics and History of Economics and History at

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and an emeritus professor at UCLA and Research Associate at the

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. She has worked widely on business, economic, and financial history with perhaps her most noted works being her 1988 book ''The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904'' and her 1996 book ''Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections and her Economic Development in Industrial New England''. Lamoreaux was elected to the presidencies of both the

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and the

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. She has been awarded several prizes for her academic work including the Arthur Cole article prize and the Cliometric Society's Clio Can. She has served on the editorial boards for numerous journals in the field of economic history, including the '' Journal of Economic History'', ''

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'', ''

Essays in Economic and Business History ''Essays in Economic & Business History'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering economic and business history. It is published by the Economic & Business History Society. The editors-in-chief are Mark Billings (University of Exeter ...

'', and ''Capitalism and History''.

Selected publications

* Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (1988) ''The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904'', Cambridge University Press * Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (1996) ''Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England'', Cambridge University PressPerkins, E. J., (1996). Review of Insider Lending: Banks, Personal Connections, and Economic Development in Industrial New England. The American Historical Review, 101, 1, 239-240.

References

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