Lois Green Carr | |
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| Born | March 7, 1922 |
| Died | June 28, 2015 (aged 93) |
| Cause of death | dementia complications |
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| Occupation(s) | Historian, Archivist |
| Known for | founder of the Chesapeake school of early American history |
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| Children | Andrew R. Clark |
| Parent(s) | Constance McLaughlin Green and Donald Ross Green |
Ancestry edit
Lois Green Carr came from a family of historians and writers. Her maternal grandfather, Andrew C. McLaughlin, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1936 for his book, A Constitutional History of the United States. Her mother, Constance McLaughlin Green also won the Pulitzer Prize in History for her 1963 book, Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878.
Early life and education edit
She completed her doctorate in 1968 with her dissertation, County Government in Maryland, 1689-1709.
References edit
Bibliography edit
Books by Lois Green Carr edit
- Carr, Lois Green; Jordan, David W. (1974). Maryland's Revolution of Government, 1689-1692. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801407931.
- Carr, Lois Green; Menard, Russell R.; Walsh, Lorena S. (1991). Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1985-2.
Articles by Lois Green Carr edit
- Carr, Lois Green; Walsh, Lorena S. (October 1977). "The Planter's Wife: The Experience of White Women in Seventeenth-Century Maryland". The William and Mary Quarterly. 34 (4). Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: 542–571. doi:10.2307/2936182. JSTOR 2936182.
- Menard, Russell R.; Carr, Lois Green; Walsh, Lorena S. (April 1983). "A Small Planter's Profits: The Cole Estate and the Growth of the Early Chesapeake Economy". The William and Mary Quarterly. 40 (2). Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: 171–196. doi:10.2307/1916877. JSTOR 1916877.
- Carr, Lois Green; Walsh, Lorena S. (January 1988). "The Standard of Living in the Colonial Chesapeake". The William and Mary Quarterly. 45 (1). Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: 135–159. doi:10.2307/1922219. JSTOR 1922219.
- Carr, Lois Green (1988). "Diversification in the Colonial Chesapeake: Somerset County, Maryland, in Comparative Perspective". In Carr, Lois Green; Morgan, Philip D.; Russo, Jean B. (eds.). Colonial Chesapeake Society. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 342–388. ISBN 0-8078-1800-3.
- Carr, Lois Green; Menard, Russell R. (June 1989). "Land, Labor, and Economies of Scale in Early Maryland: Some Limits to Growth in the Chesapeake System of Husbandry". The Journal of Economic History. 49 (2). Economic History Association: 407–418. doi:10.1017/S0022050700008020. JSTOR 2124072.
- Carr, Lois Green (June 1992). "Emigration and the Standard of Living: The Seventeenth Century Chesapeake". The Journal of Economic History. 52 (2). Economic History Association: 271–291. doi:10.1017/S0022050700010731. JSTOR 2123108.
- Carr, Lois Green; Menard, Russell R. (January 1999). "Wealth and Welfare in Early Maryland: Evidence from St. Mary's County". The William and Mary Quarterly. 56 (1). Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: 95–120. doi:10.2307/2674596. JSTOR 2674596.
Secondary sources edit
- Kelly, Jacques (4 August 2015). "Lois Green Carr". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- Prudente, Tim (25 August 2015). "Maryland State Archives to Recognize Historian from Eastport". Capital Gazette. Annapolis, Md. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
Category:Historians of Colonial North America Category:American archivists