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About Paula De La Cruz-Fernández

I am an experienced researcher in the history of multinational companies and international business, gender studies, and cultural history in Latin America and Southern Europe. My book Gendered Capitalism: Sewing Machines and Multinational Business in Spain and Mexico, 1850-1940 came out in 2021.

I am also a bilingual editor and consultor with Edita, providing assistance in all stages of the writing process, from proposals to proofs. After years of experience in digital archives and repositories, I have also developed a passion for digital projects that connect scholarly work and archives with the broader public. See my work here Inquire Capitalism program at the University of Florida and Business History Conference.

Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez is a consultant, historian, and digital editor. Editor New Books Network en español. Edita CEO.

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Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez es consultora, historiadora y editora bilingüe. Editora de New Books Network en español. Fundadora y editora, Edita.

NBN Episodes hosted by Paula:

Economic and Business History June 23, 2023

Handbook of Historical Methods for Management

Stephanie Decker, William M. Foster, and Elena Giovannoni

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
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In this episode I met with the editors of the Elgar Publishing Handbook of Historical Methods for Management (Edward Elgar, 2023) Stephanie Decker, Professor of Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School, in …
Economic and Business History May 31, 2023

International Business in Australia before World War One

Shaping a Multinational Economy

Simon Ville and David Merrett

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
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This episode features Professor Simon Ville talking about his latest book with David Merrett International Business in Australia Before World War One: Shaping a Multinational Economy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022). This …
Economic and Business History February 18, 2023

Deeply Responsible Business

A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

Geoffrey Jones

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode, I interview Professor Geoffrey Jones about his new book Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership (Harvard University Press, 2023). For an extraordinary introduction to the content of …
Economic and Business History December 16, 2022

Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History

British Multinational Companies in Ghana and Nigeria

Stephanie Decker

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode, I interview Prof. Stephanie Decker about her new book Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History British Multinational Companies in Ghana and Nigeria (Routledge, 2022). Prof. Mick Rowlinson …
Iberian Studies December 5, 2022

Jamón and Halal

Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía

Christina Civantos

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode, I interview Dr. Christina Civantos (University of Miami, FL, USA) about her open access book Jamón and Halal: Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía (Amherst College Press, 2022) …
Economic and Business History May 31, 2022

Building a Housewife's Paradise

Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century

Tracey Deutsch

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
The title of the book that we are introducing today is Building a Housewife's Paradise Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century. This is not a new …
Economic and Business History March 15, 2022

Postcards

The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network

Lydia Pyne

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
For this episode, I met historian and writer Dr. Lydia Pyne. She is author of Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network (Reaktion, 2021). Postcards is …
Economic and Business History February 8, 2022

From Angel to Office Worker

Middle-Class Identity and Female Consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950

Susie S. Porter

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
On this episode I spoke to Dr. Susie Porter, Professor in History and in Gender Studies at the University of Utah. She is the author Working Women in Mexico City …
Economics February 3, 2022

The Future of the Office

Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face

Peter Cappelli

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode I spoke to Professor Peter Cappelli about his new book The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face …
Economic and Business History September 9, 2021

Cornering the Market

Independent Grocers and Innovation in American Small Business

Susan V. Spellman

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode for the Economic and Business History channel, I interviewed Dr. Susan V. Spellman, Associate Professor of History at Miami University. She is the author of Cornering the Market …
Economic and Business History August 25, 2021

Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America

A Transnational History of Profits and Repression

Victoria Basualdo et al.

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
On this episode of the Economic and Business History channel, I spoke with Dr. Victoria Basualdo and Dr. Marcelo Bucheli about their new edited book. Big Business and Dictatorships in …
Economic and Business History August 2, 2021

Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World

Chinmay Tumbe

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
On this episode of the Economic and Business History channel I spoke with Dr. Chinmay Tumbe, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management. He was Alfred D …
Economic and Business History June 29, 2021

The Secret Life of Groceries

The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
This episode of the New Books in Economic and Business History is an interview with New York writer Benjamin Lorr. Benjamin Lorr is the author of Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and …
Economic and Business History June 22, 2021

Supermarket USA

Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race

Shane Hamilton

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
This episode of the New Books in Economic and Business History is an interview with Dr. Shane Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Management at The York Management School, University of York …
Economic and Business History May 20, 2021

Counter-Cola

A Multinational History of the Global Corporation

Amanda Ciafone

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
Today I talk to Amanda Ciafone (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) about her book Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation (University of California Press, 2019). Counter-Cola charts the history of one of the …
Economic and Business History May 3, 2021

Black Market Capital

Urban Politics and the Shadow Economy in Mexico City

Andrew Konove

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In Black Market Capital Urban Politics and the Shadow Economy in Mexico City (University of California Press, 2018), Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth …
Economic and Business History April 28, 2021

The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organisation in the World 1880s-1930s

Paloma Fernández Pérez

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organisation in the World 1880s-1930s (Emerald, 2021) uses a range of empirical evidence and case studies drawn from previously unpublished archival sources to offer one …