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Article: William Cooper's Town: Powers and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic.(Brief Article)
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- The Historian
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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By Alan Taylor. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Pp. 549. $35.00)
Professor Alan Taylor of the University of California at Davis is the recipient of the Albert J. Beveridge Award. The prize is presented each year by the American Historical Association for the best book on English or American history in the period since 1492. William Cooper s Town is the study of a community in western New York, which examines how the American Revolution brought about a reassessment of the institutions, values, and social relations of the colonial era. Taylor considers the social roles of individuals, such as William Cooper (who was the father of James Fenimore Cooper), and how the ...