Smith, Barbara Clark
Dr.
Social, cultural, and political history of early America; American Revolution; women's and gender history; public history, theory and practice
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D., Yale University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2016. ""Remembering the American Revolution: Review of exhibition at the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution"." Journal of American History, 103, (1) 132–137. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw012. 2016
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2011. "Beyond the “Economic”." The William and Mary Quarterly, 68, (4) 639–643. https://doi.org/10.5309/willmaryquar.68.4.0639. 2011
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Blog Posting
- Smith, Barbara Clark and Inglis, Jeff. 2024. "To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another." The Conversation https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.warr7665m. 2024
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2021. "Does Thanksgiving have room for both thankfulness and mourning?" O Say Can You See? Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History. Nov 22, 2021. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/thanksgiving-thankfulness-and-mourning. 2021
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2017. "The father of our country?" O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Nov 13, 2017. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/father-of-country. 2017
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Book
- Rubenstein, Harry R., Bird,William L., Jr., Graddy, Kathleen, Grossman, and Smith, Barbara Clark. 2017. American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. Smithsonian Books. 2017
- Rubenstein, Harry R., Smith, Barbara Clark, and Ellis, Janice. 2011. The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2011
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2010. The Freedoms We Lost: Consent and Resistance in Revolutionary America. New York: The New Press. 2010
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Chapter
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2017. "The Great Leap." In American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. 12–41. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Press. 2017
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2017. "Unsettling the Continent, 1492–1776." 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. 27–44. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 2017
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2012. "Food Riots." In Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History. Dumenil, Lynn, editor. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2012
- Smith, Barbara Clark and Kelly, James C. 2007. "Introduction." In Jamestown, Quebec, and Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings. Kelly, James C. and Smith, Barbara Clark, editors. 9–55. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2007
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Webpage
- Smith, Barbara Clark. 2026. A democracy or a republic? History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question. May 4, 2026 https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.avddadrm9. 2026
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
