Victoria University of Wellington, N.Z.; arbeitet später über internationale Wirtschaftsgeschichte an der Royal Holloway, Univ. of London; tätig an der Univ. of Glasgow, UK: Professor of International Economic History; tätig am Royal Holloway College, Univ. of London and Bedford New College; in 2005: Visiting Professor at the History Department, University of Hong Kong; Ph.D., London School of Economics; M.A., University of Toronto