Carole Shammas holds the John R. Hubbard Chair in History at the University of Southern California and specializes in the socioeconomic history of Britain and English-speaking North America. 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 how demography and the physical environment influenced the built environment of early America.

Lecture topics:

• America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800
• Household Government in America
• Labor Force Participation in Early America
• Permanence and the Housing Stock of the United States
• The Future of Quantitative History

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