David C. Smith (1929–2009) was Bird and Bird Professor of History at
University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...
, Orono. He studied the
relationship between geography and wealth. He was born in
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston (; ; officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is List of cities in Maine, the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County, Maine, Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, August ...
and wrote
The First Century: A History of the University of Maine, 1865–1965, the seminal history of the University of Maine.
In 1994, Smith won the James Madison Prize of the Society for History in the Federal Government for his article with
Judy Barrett Litoff
Judy Barrett Litoff (December 23, 1944 – July 3, 2022) was an American editor and author, best known for her editorial work on books on American women's history. A graduate of the University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) ...
, "To the Rescue of the Crops: The Women's Land Army in World War II".
Publications
''Climate, Agriculture, History: An Introduction.''In: ''
Agricultural History
Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and New World were involved as independent centers of origin.
The development of agriculture a ...
'', vol. 63, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1–6.
* David C. Smith, (1986) ''H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography'', New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
[Feaver, George (1988). Book Review: H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal, A Biography. The ''American Historical Review'', 93, 3, 706-707.]
References
1929 births
2009 deaths
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
University of Maine faculty
People from Lewiston, Maine
Historians of Maine
Historians from Maine
20th-century American male writers
American socialists
World government
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