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Mansel G. Blackford is an American academic. He is an emeritus professor of History at Ohio State University. He is the past president of the Economic and Business History Society and the Business History Conference. He is the author of a dozen books about Business History.

Early life
Mansel G. Blackford graduated from Stanford University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1966. He earned a master of arts degree from the University of Washington in 1967, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.

Career
Blackford spent his entire career at the Ohio State University, having been recruited by K. Austin Kerr in 1972. He is now an emeritus professor of History at OSU. He is the author of several books about business history. In 1981, Blackford argued that oral history was a useful tool to write the history of corporate mergers. He served as the president of the Economic and Business History Society from 1984 to 1985, and as president of the Business History Conference from 1996 to 1997.

His first book, The Politics of Business in California, 1890-1920, was published in 1977. It was reviewed by Professor Walton Bean of the University of California, Berkeley in the Business History Review, Professor Richard Batman of San Francisco State University in the Western Historical Quarterly, Professor Peter R. Decker of Duke University in the Journal of Forest History, Professor Spencer C. Olin, Jr. of the University of California, Irvine in The Journal of American History, Professor Thomas C. Cochran of the University of Pennsylvania in The Journal of Economic History, Professor Gerald D. Nash of the University of New Mexico in The American Historical Review, Professor Harold D. Woodman of Purdue University in Reviews in American History, Professor Richard J. Orsi of the California State University, East Bay in Agricultural History, Professor Edwin J. Perkins of the University of Southern California in the Southern California Quarterly, Professor R. Hal Williams of Southern Methodist University in the Pacific Historical Review, Professor Rodman W. Paul of the California Institute of Technology in The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, and historian Stephen D. Mikesell in Arizona and the West.

His second book, Pioneering a Modern Small Business: Wakefield Seafoods and the Alaskan Frontier, was published in 1979. It was reviewed by Professor Paul A. Tiffany of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley in The Journal of Economic History, Professor James L. Clayton of the University of Utah in the Business History Review, Professor James H. Soltow of Michigan State University in The Journal of American History, Professor James H. Madison of Indiana University in the Western Historical Quarterly, and Dr. Mary Emily Miller in The American Historical Review.

His third book, A Portrait Cast in Steel: Buckeye International and Columbus, Ohio, 1881-1980, was published in 1982. It was reviewed by Professor Ann Harper-Fender of Gettysburg College in The Journal of Economic History, Professor David A. Walker of Georgetown University in the Business History Review, Professor Naomi Lamoreaux of Yale University in The Journal of American History. Professor Stanley Buder of Baruch College in The American Historical Review, and Professor Carl M. Becker of Wright State University in The Public Historian.

With K. Austin Kerr, another professor of history at Ohio State University, Blackford edited a book entitled Business Enterprise in American History in 1986. It was reviewed by Professor Diane Lindstrom of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Business History Review. By 1990, he published another book with Kerr and Amos J. Loveday, entitled Local Businesses: Exploring their History. It was reviewed by archivist Elizabeth Adkins in the American Archivist, historian Ken Yellis in The Public Historian, and Professor Bruce Geelhoed of Ball State University in the Indiana Magazine of History.

Blackford published his fifth book, The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain, the United States, and Japan, in 1988. It was reviewed by Professor Steven W. Tolliday of the University of Leeds in The Journal of American History, Professor B.W.E. Alford of the University of Bristol in History, Professor Louis Galambos of Johns Hopkins University in The Journal of Economic History, historian Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. in the Business History Review, and Professor Jonathan Liebenau of the London School of Economics in the Economic History Review.

His sixth book, The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast: 1890-1920, was published in 1993. It was reviewed by Assistant Professor Karen Sawislak of Stanford University in the Western Historical Quarterly, Professor Robert W. Cherny of San Francisco State University in the Pacific Historical Review. Professor Gregory L. Thompson of Florida State University in The Journal of Economic History, Professor Gregory L. Thompson of Florida State University in The Journal of Economic History, Professor Michael Magliari of California State University, Chico in The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Profesor Lawrence H. Larsen of the University of Missouri–Kansas City in The American Historical Review, Professor Philip J. Ethington of the University of Southern California, Professor William H. Wilson of the University of North Texas in The Town Planning Review, Professor Roger W. Lotchin of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in and Professor E. Kimbark MacColl of Reed College in the Oregon Historical Quarterly.

With K. Austin Kerr, Blackford published another book, BFGoodrich: Tradition and Transformation: 1870-1995, in 1996. It was reviewed by Professor John K. Smith of Lehigh University in the Business History Review, Professor Keith L. Bryant, Jr. of the University of Akron in The Journal of American History, Professor Hugh T. Rockoff of Rutgers University in The Journal of Economic History, and historian Virginia P. Dawson in Technology and Culture. Also in 1996, Blackford edited On Board the U.S.S. Mason: The World War II Diary of James A. Dunn.

Blackford published his tenth book,  Fragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959-2000, in 2001. It was reviewed by Professor Harvey K. Newman of Georgia State University in the Business History Review, Professor Sumner J. La Croix of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in The Journal of Economic History, Professor Donald J. Pisani of the University of Oklahoma in The American Historical Review, Professor Paul S. Sutter of the University of Colorado Boulder in Environmental History, Professor David Farber of the University of New Mexico in The Journal of American History, John Perkins of the University of New South Wales in Enterprise & Society, and historian Rachel D. Shaw in the Western Historical Quarterly.

Two years later, in 2003, Blackford published his eleventh book, A History of Small Business in America. It was reviewed by Professor John N. Ingham of the University of Toronto in the Business History Review, Professor James H. Soltow of Michigan State University in The Journal of American History, and historian Glen R. Asner in The Journal of Economic History.

Blackford's twelfth book, Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific, was published in 2007. It was reviewed by Professor Alexander Mawyer of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Pacific Affairs, Professor James P. Kraft of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the Journal of World History, Professor Carmel Finley of Oregon State University in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, Professor Suzanna Reiss of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the Business History Review, Professor David Ekbladh of Tufts University in the Western Historical Quarterly, and Professor John S. Whitehead of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Pacific Historical Review. Five years later, in 2012, he published his thirteenth book, Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspective.