Books
Crap. A History of Cheap Stuff in America (University of Chicago Press, 2020)
• Finalist, National Book Award in Criticism, 2020
• Nominated for the Best Book in Business History, Business History Conference, 2020
Capitalism by Gaslight: Illuminating the Economy of 19th-Century America (UPenn Press, 2015), co-edited with Brian Luskey
In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence through the Great Depression (University of Chicago Press, 2009/2010)
Refined Tastes: Sugar, Consumers, and Confectionery in 19th-Century America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)