Cary Carson

Biographic Data

ID3977013
NAMECary Carson
GIVEN NAMESCary
FAMILY NAMECarson
SIGNATURECARSON C
AFFILIATIONSColonial Williamsburg Foundation
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS78
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1967
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX3

  • Banqueting Houses and the "Need of Society" among Slave-Owning Planters in the Chesapeake Colonies

    Cary Carson, Cary Carson Cary CarsonARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2013

  • The End of History Museums

    Cary CarsonARTICLEThe Public Historian2008Cited by: 4

    Are historic sites and house museums destined to go the way of Oldsmobiles and floppy disks? Visitation has trended downwards for thirty years. Theories abound, but no one really knows why. To launch a discussion of the problem in the pages of The Public Historian, Cary Carson cautions against the pessimistic view that the past is simply passé. Instead he offers a “Plan B” that takes account of the new way that learners today organize information…

  • When Virginia Was the Wild West

    David Thelen, Cary Carson et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2000

  • Becoming Americans

    Barbara Clark Smith, Cary CarsonARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1999

  • Colonial Williamsburg and the Practice of Interpretive Planning in American History Museums

    Cary CarsonARTICLEThe Public Historian1998Cited by: 2References: 3

    Research Article| July 01 1998 Colonial Williamsburg and the Practice of Interpretive Planning in American History Museums Cary Carson Cary Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1998) 20 (3): 11–51. https://doi.org/10.2307/3379773 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon…

  • Of Consuming Interests

    Katherine C Grier, Cary Carson et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1996

  • Of Consuming Interests

    Charles Wetherell, Cary Carson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1996

    Journal Article Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century. Ed. by Cary Carson, Ronald Hoffman, and Peter J. Albert. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994. xiv, 721 pp. Cloth, $79.50, ISBN 0-8139-1413-2. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-8139-1473-6.) Get access Charles Wetherell Charles Wetherell University of California, Riverside, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jo…

  • Of Consuming Interests

    Jack P Greene, Cary Carson et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1996

  • Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Whose History Is the Fairest of Them All

    Cary CarsonARTICLEThe Public Historian1995

    Research Article| October 01 1995 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Whose History Is the Fairest of Them All? Cary Carson Cary Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1995) 17 (4): 61–67. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378385 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon C…

  • Lost in the Fun House

    Cary CarsonARTICLEJournal of American History1994Cited by: 6

    Journal Article Lost in the Fun House: A Commentary on Anthropologists' First Contact with History Museums Get access Cary Carson Cary Carson vice-president for research Colonial Williamsburg Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 137–150, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080996 Published: 01 June 1994

  • The Pre-Industrial Consumer in England and America

    Cary Carson, Carole ShammasARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1993

  • City Museums as Historians

    Open AccessCary CarsonARTICLEJournal of Urban History1992

  • Cannon's Point Plantation, 1794-1860

    Cary Carson, John Solomon OttoARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1985

  • Impermanent Architecture in the Southern American Colonies

    Cary Carson, Norman F Barka et al.ARTICLEWinterthur Portfolio1981Cited by: 65

  • Segregation in Vernacular Billldings

    Cary CarsonARTICLEVernacular Architecture1976

  • Segregation in Vernacular Billldings

    Cary CarsonARTICLEVernacular Architecture1976Cited by: 1

  • A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America

    Cary CarsonREVIEWThe William and Mary Quarterly1970

    List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Signposts to the Past An Alphabetical Guide to the Artifacts Armor Bayonets Beads Bellarmines Bells Bottles, Glass Liquor Bottles, Glass Pharmaceutical Bottles, Pottery Bricks and Brickwork Buckles Buttons and Sleeve Buttons Candlesticks and Lighting Accessories Geramics, American Ceramics, British Ceramics, European Chamber Pots, Bedpans, and Closestool Pans Clocks and Clockcases Coins, Tokens, and J…

  • Early Nantucket and Its Whale Houses

    Cary Carson, Henry Chandlee FormanARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1967