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James E. McWilliams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

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                    Dr. James E. McWilliams

James E. McWilliams specializes in colonial and early American history. His research interests center on the local economy, food preparation, pest control, and the environment. His first book, titled A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America was published in the summer of 2005. His book on local trade in seventeenth-century Massachusetts is forthcoming from UVA Press. McWilliams is a contributing writer at The Texas Observer, writes a column called “Politics and Prose” for the Austin-American Statesman, and has written for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Christian Science Monitor.