Associate Professor

Office: 353 University College
e-mail: elvinss@ms.umanitoba.ca
Phone: (204) 474-8860

EDUCATION

Ph.D. York University
M.A. York University
B.A.(Honours) Queen's University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

American history; consumer culture; urban history

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

“Scrip, Stores, and Cash-Strapped Cities:  American Retailers and Alternative Currency during the Great Depression,” Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, Vol. 2 Iss: 1 (2010), pp.86 - 107

“Scrip Money and Slump Cures: Iowa’s Experiments with Alternative Currency during the Great Depression,” The Annals of Iowa, vol. 64 no. 3 (summer 2005):  221-245.

Sales and Celebrations: Retailing and Regional Identity in Western New York State, 1920-1940 (Ohio University Press, 2003). Awarded the Great Lakes American Studies Association and Ohio University Press Book Award

"Shopping for Recovery: Local Spending Initiatives and the Great Depression in Buffalo and Rochester, New York", Journal of Urban History 29 No. 6 (September 2003), pp. 670-693.

Entries for "Horatio Alger", "Manifest Destiny", "Proctor & Gamble", "Henry Demarest Lloyd" and "Eli Whitney" in Syed B. Hussain, ed., The Encyclopedia of Capitalism (New York: Facts on File, Inc., forthcoming).

COURSES TAUGHT

2011-2012
On leave

2010-2011
HIST 2230 United States from 1607
HIST 4100/7190 Studies in American History since 1877

2009-10 (Term 2 - on leave)
HIST 2750 United States History before 1877
HIST 2760 United States History from 1877
HIST 3080 History of American Consumer Culture

2008-09
On leave

2007-08
HIST 2230 United States from 1607
HIST 4100/7190 Studies in American History since 1877

2006-07
On leave