California Institute of Technology

Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Philip T. Hoffman
Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Professor of History
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A.B., Harvard College, 1969; M.A., University of California, 1971; Ph.D., Yale University, 1979. Lecturer in History, Caltech, 1980-81; Instructor, 1981-82; Assistant Professor, 1982-84; Associate Professor of History and Social Science, 1984-95; Professor, 1995-2003; Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of History and Social Science, 2003-08; Axline Professor, 2008-. Executive Officer for the Humanities, 1995-2000.

Research Interests

Economic history of Europe and the world, economic development, institutional change

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