Professor Smith teaches the survey of Europe since the seventeenth century, France since 1815, and business history. His graduate courses include reading seminars on nineteenth century Europe, modern France, and economic development. His publications include various articles on French political and business history and a book, Tariff Reform in France, 1860-1900: The Politics of Economic Interest. A second book, The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930, will be published by Harvard University Press in the fall of 2005.

Current Activities:

While shepherding The Emergence of Modern Business through the publishing process this year, I am gathering materials for a sequel that will take the story of French business from the 1930s to the present. A longer term project is a study of how world economic and business structures have changed since World War II.”