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Professor Alan Taylor talked about alcohol use in the early American republic. By 1830, annual alcohol consumption in America reached four gallons per person, the most in the history of the …

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor talked about his book in which he argued that Thomas Jefferson’s egalitarian words differed from his actions and that the founding of the Univers…

Alan Taylor talked about his book American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804, in which he examines the American Revolution, from the strained relationship between the Colonists a…

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Talyor presents a history of the War of 1812. Mr. Taylor recalls the over two-year war between America and Britain that ended in a stalemate but establi…

The National Book Foundation presented the 65th annual National Book Awards in New York City, including the announcements of the winners for Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Young People’s …

Alan Taylor spoke at a symposium commemorating the 200th anniversary of the British invasion and burning of Washington, D.C., in August 1814. “American Under Fire: Mr. Madison’s war and …

Alan Taylor talked about his book, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during…

Alan Taylor talked about his book, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, in which he recounts the impact that slaves in Virginia had on the War of 1812. In his book, th…

Two historians talked about the War of 1812. Donald Graves rejected the established reasoning for the British burning of Washington, D.C., arguing that the burning of Canadian towns by Ameri…

Historians talked about the causes and consequences of the War of 1812. The panel was part of a War of 1812 Bicentennial Symposium hosted by the Citadel and the Old Exchange Building in Char…

Historian Alan Taylor, author of The Civil War of 1812, spoke about how the War of 1812 affected many Native American tribes in the South. He spoke at a War of 1812 Bicentennial Symposium i…

History professors Alan Taylor and Nicole Eustace are interviewed about the significance and legacy of what Professor Taylor called “The Civil War of 1812” in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book…

A preview was shown for an interview with History professors Alan Taylor and Nicole Eustace about the significance and legacy of what professor Taylor called “The Civil War of 1812” in his P…

Alan Taylor talked about his book The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, published by Knopf. In the book he examines the role of Indi…

Professor Taylor discussed his latest book, American Colonies, published by Viking Press. This is the first installment of a five-volume series called the Penguin History of the United State…

Guests examined the history of the late 18th and early 19th century frontier and Native-American relations though the writings of James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper wrote several frontier-themed …

Author Alan Taylor talked about his book, William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republican. His book won the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize in …