Davis, Nancy
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Museum of American History staffAmerican material/visual culture; technologies in the home; Asian influence on American material culture; consumption and market studies; gender studies.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Russell Sage College
- M.A., George Washington University
- Ph.D., George Washington University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Book
- Davis, Nancy E. 2019. Chinese lady: Afong Moy in early America. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190645236.001.0001. 2019
- Allison, David K., Davis, Nancy, Franz, Kathleen, and Liebhold, Peter. 2015. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America. Smithsonian Books. 2015
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Chapter
- Davis, Nancy E. 2017. "Communities of Refuge in Frontier Illinois." In Many Voices, One Nation: Material Culture Reflections on Race and Migration in the United States. Salazar-Porzio, Margaret, Troyano, Joan Fragaszy, and Safranek, Lauren, editors. 101–110. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 2017
- Davis, Nancy Ellen. 2015. "Merchant Era 1770s – 1850s." In American Enterprise: A history of Business in America. Serwer, Andy, Bair, Sheila, Davidson, Adam, Ford, Bill, Greenberg, Sally, Johnson, Fisk, Paulson Jr., Henry M., Trumka, Richard L., and Woertz, Patricia, editors. 14–59. Smithsonian Institution Press. 2015
- Davis, Nancy Ellen. 2014. "Conflicting Currents Between Chinese and American Trade Cultures." In The Dynamics of Interconnections in Popular Culture(s). Browne, Ray B. and Urish, Ben, editors. 187–204. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2014
- Davis, Nancy E. 2014. "Taking to the Stage: Chinese Goods in Antebellum America." In Global Trade and Visual Arts in Federal New England. Johnston, Patricia and Frank, Caroline, editors. 134–156. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire Press. 2014
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Review
- Davis, Nancy E. 2011. [Book review] "New Philadelphia: An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland." The Public Historian, 33, (3), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2011.33.3.145. 2011
- Davis, Nancy E. 2008. [Book review] "Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia 1607-2007." Maryland Historical Society Magazine, 103, (1), 111–112. 2008
- Davis, Nancy E. 2007. [Book review] "The Other Promised Land: Vacationing, Identity, and the Jewish-American Dream, edited by Avi Y. Decter and Martens Melissa." Journal of American History, 94, (1), 216–218. https://doi.org/10.2307/25094793. 2007
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department