Gloria L. Main completed a Ph.D. in American history at Columbia University. Her 1972 dissertation on personal wealth in the Thirteen Colonies was the basis of her first book. She applies her economics training to her studies of colonial time periods. After a few years of lecturing part time in the New York area, Main joined the faculty at University of Colorado Boulder. As of 2015, she is a professor emeritus.
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Publications:
Main, Gloria Lund (1982). Tobacco Colony: Life in Early Maryland, 1650–1720. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04693-8. OCLC 1012073027.
Main, Gloria L. (2001). Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00628-7. OCLC 1170133235.
Articles
Main, Gloria L. (1975). "Probate Records as a Source for Early American History". The William and Mary Quarterly. 32 (1): 89–99. doi:10.2307/1922595. JSTOR 1922595.
Main, Gloria L. (1994). "Gender, Work, and Wages in Colonial New England". The William and Mary Quarterly. 51 (1): 39–66. doi:10.2307/2947004. JSTOR 2947004.