Expertise Summary
An expert on the history of wealth and consumption in America
Expertise
- the social, economic and legal history of colonial America and early modern Britain
- the history of inheritance and wealth distribution
- the history of consumption and standards of living
- the history of household government in the U.S.
- space problems in early American cities
- long-term trends in American schooling
Additional Information
- Author of The Pre-Industrial Consumer in England and America (1990) and A History of American Household Government (2002)
- Co-author of Inheritance in America: Colonial Times to the Present (1987)
- Author of Investing in the Early Modern Built Environment (2012)