About

Carole Shammas

John R. Hubbard Chair in History and Professor of History

Contact Information
E-mail: shammas@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-1671
Office: SOS 265

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Curriculum Vitae
Course Information
 

Education
B.A. History, University of Southern California, 1/1964
M.A. History, University of Southern California, 1/1967
Ph.D. History, John Hopkins University, 1/1971
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Carole Shammas specializes in the socio-economic history of Britain and English-speaking North America prior to the mid-nineteenth century. In articles and books on inheritance, consumption, and household government, she has explored how households and the behavior of their members affect the economy and politics. Most recently, she has embarked on a study of the factors influencing investment in the built environment of the early modern and modern world.
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
American Origins Seminar, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, Convener,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/emsi/
IBIS,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/history/ibis/
 

Publications

Book
Mancke, E., Shammas, C. (2005). ed. The Creation of the British Atlantic World. ed. The Creation of the British Atlantic World/Johns Hopkins University Press.
Shammas, C. (2002). A History of Household Government in America. A History of Household Government in America/University of Virginia Press.
Shammas, C. (1990). The PreIndustrial Consumer in England and America. Oxford, reprint Figueroa Press: The PreIndustrial Consumer in England and America/Oxford University Press.
Shammas, C., Salmon, M., Dahlin, M. (1987). Inheritance in America: Colonial Times to the Present. Inheritance in America: Colonial Times to the Present/Rutgers.
 

Journal Article
Shammas, C. (2007). The Housing Stock of the Early United States:Refinement Meets Migration. William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 3d ser. 64 ( July 2007) (3), pp. 549-590.
 

Honors and Awards
Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, 2008-  
Endowed Chair, John R. Hubbard Chair in History, 1/1/1998-  
Chair of Council, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1996-1998  
NSF project grant, Geography and Regional Science, 1991-1994  
Allan Sharlin Book Award, Social Science History Assn., 1988  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Editorial Board member, ABC/CLIO, 01/01/2002-12/31/2010  
Editorial Board Chair, William and Mary Quarterly, 1995-1996  
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic History, 1993-1996  
Editorial Board Member, American Historical Review, 1991-1994  
Editorial Board Member, Historical Methods, 1987-1989  
 

Professional Offices
Board of Overseers, Huntington Library, 2007-  
 
 
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