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Acknowledgments

Heartfelt thanks, first, to Andy Abbott, for his moral and practical support, his enthusiasm, and his always penetrating and helpful comments. Andy’s capacious, imaginative, and deeply historical approach to social science has been an inspiration to me (indeed, to an entire generation of sociologists). Thanks also to Bill Sewell, for his constructive comments on this project when it was at an early stage. The combination of historical inquiry and social theory characteristic of Bill’s work has provided something of a model for my own. Bill’s example, as well as Andy’s, is what I had in mind when I talk about doing social theory by thinking about history. Thanks, too, to Karin Knorr Cetina, in whose graduate classes on economic sociology I first began to ruminate on the questions at the center of this book. Karin’s measured and rigorous inquiries in economic sociology piqued my interest in the field. James Brandt, my editor at Harvard University Press, has my deep gratitude for his very helpful and thoughtful comments on the book, which led me to think hard about how to sharpen its argument. Thanks also to James for being patient and encouraging during the quite protracted gestation of the book. The anonymous reviewers of the manuscript have my gratitude for providing helpful feedback.

Monica Prasad and Andres Villarreal have been close friends and intellectual comrades for many years now. Monica read several drafts of the book, challenging me with trenchant criticism that was well balanced by encouraging comments. Andres has been a stalwart friend and constant source of moral support. Thanks also to a host of others for their friendship over the years: they include Peter Van Der Poorten, Natasha Schull, Guy Leavitt, Saul Thomas, Simeon Thornton, Hamza Yilmaz, and Francis Archer.

Acknowledgments

Marsaura Shukla, my partner, whose emotional and intellectual companionship has been invaluable, has my endless gratitude. She read pretty much the entire book and, despite it being on a topic far-removed from her own scholarly concerns, ofered always intelligent advice about how to clarify its argument. Our children, Jonah and Phoebe, have put up with an often quite distracted dad with good cheer and have provided a delightful backdrop to the writing of the book. Lastly, deep thanks to my mother for her love and support. This book is dedicated to her, as well as to the memory of my father, who would have been thrilled at its completion.

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Abbott, Lawrence A., 231

Abduction, 8, 91, 135, 226, 279

Becker, Gary, 215, 216

Adkins versus Children’s Hospital, 130

Behavioral economics, 28, 32–36

Aglietta, Michel, 158, 171, 284, 295

Berger, Bennet, 136, 137, 143, 146

Bernoulli, Daniel, 15

Agnew, P. G., 159, 163

Biernacki, Robert, 80, 125

Ainslie, George, 29, 34, 35, 35, 64, 108, 109

Block, Fred, 14

Akerlof, George, 178

Bok, Derek, 19

American Automobile Association, 203

Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 160

American Engineering Standards Committee, 154, 155, 159

Bourdieu, Pierre, 36

Bowden, Susan, 75, 116

American exceptionalism, 133

Bowles, Samuel, 24

American Federation of Labor (AFL), 129, 131, 134, 259

Boyer, Robert, 21, 23, 84, 158

American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 160

Brands, 180–190

American Management Association, 175

Briggs, Lyman, 163, 202

American Marketing Association, 241

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43, 48, 59, 60, 67, 248

American Society of Electrical Engineers, 160

American standard of living, 134, 171

American Standards Association, 159, 163, 164, 200

Bureau of Standards, 151, 154, 156, 158, 169, 170, 184; and standardization, 160–164; and consumer product testing, 200–204

Burke, Kenneth, 220, 230

America Time Use Survey (ATUS), 52

Busch, Lawrence, 153, 162

Animal spirits, 87

Antebellum, 128, 129, 130

AT&T, 159, 162

California, 166, 168

Aubry laws, 293

Campbell, Colin, 93–94, 112

Carroll, Christopher, 96

Caveat Emptor, 152, 169, 191–192

Babbage, Charles, 219, 227, 228, 257

Caveat Venditor, 191

Babylonia, 180

Chain quantity index, 71, 116

Chandler, A. O., 157, 181

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