Carole Shammas (born October 21, 1943) is an American historian, academic and author. She holds the
John R. Hubbard
John Randolph Hubbard (December 3, 1918 – August 21, 2011) was an American educator, academic administrator, and diplomat who served as the eighth president of the University of Southern California from 1970 and 1980.
Early life and education ...
Chair Emeritus in history at the
University of Southern California and previously served as the department chair from 2000–03. Her work has explored socioeconomic history of
North America
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,
Great Britain
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and the
Atlantic World prior to the mid-nineteenth century. She has written books and articles on the subjects of inheritance, consumption, and household government.
Her daughter is the musician
Julia Holter.
Shammas got her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Southern California and her Ph.D. from
Johns Hopkins University
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.
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21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
University of Southern California faculty
University of Southern California alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
1943 births
Living people
American women historians
21st-century American women writers
Historians from California
American male non-fiction writers
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