Henning Hillmann

Henning Hillman is Assistant Professor of Sociology. His main research interests are in social network analysis, historical and economic sociology. Within these areas, he is particularly interested in the political consequences of economic action in historical settings. He first explored this link in two papers on the economic foundations of political identities and elite mobilization in Revolutionary America and early modern England before the Civil War. His current work focuses on a comparative study of the political economy of privateering and piracy in Britain and France (c.1688-1815). A second project explores how reputation effects shaped the economic performance of serial entrepreneurs in Imperial Russsia (c.1851-1914). Curriculum Vitæ Website Email Henning Hillmann

 

RESEARCH AREAS

social networks, historical and political sociology, economic sociology, and organizations.

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Papers:

• "Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage: Evidence from Revolutionary New England." Revised and resubmitted, American Journal of Sociology.

• "Mediation in Multiple Networks: Elite Mobilization before the English Civil War." Revise and resubmit, American Sociological Review.

• "From Privateers to Navy: How Seapower Became a Public Good." Working paper. With Christina Gathmann.

• "Reputation and Serial Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Imperial Russia." Working paper. Draft available. With Brandy Aven.
  

• "The Social Structure of Collaboration and Competition: Bristol Merchants in the Eighteenth Century." In progress. With Denis Trapido.