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Alan Shaw Taylor

アラン・ショウ・テイラー

Aran Shou Teirā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1955-06-17 （Portland, Maine, United States）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Portland, Maine (birthplace) → Waterville, Maine (Colby College) → Davis, California (UC Davis) → Boston, Massachusetts (Boston University) → Charlottesville, Virginia (University of Virginia)

経歴

職業
Historian, Professor, Author
活動期間
1977年〜
所属
University of California, Davis (faculty), Boston University (faculty), University of Virginia (Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor)
所属団体
American Philosophical Society (elected 2020)

学歴

Colby College
学位: BA
卒業年: 1977
国: United States
Bachelor's degree
Brandeis University
学位: PhD
卒業年: 1986
国: United States
PhD in History

受賞歴

Bancroft Prize
1996
対象作品: William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
主催: Columbia University (Bancroft Prize Committee)
結果: 受賞
Beveridge Award
1996
対象作品: William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
主催: American Historical Association (AHA)
結果: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
1996
対象作品: William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
主催: The Pulitzer Prizes
結果: 受賞
Cox Book Prize
2007
対象作品: The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
主催: Society of the Cincinnati (Cox Book Prize)
結果: 受賞
National Book Award for Nonfiction
2013
対象作品: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 最終候補
Pulitzer Prize for History
2014
対象作品: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
主催: The Pulitzer Prizes
結果: 受賞
Merle Curti Award
2014
対象作品: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
主催: Organization associated with American Historical Association (Merle Curti Award)
結果: 受賞
George Washington Book Prize
2014
対象作品: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
主催: George Washington Book Prize Committee
結果: 最終候補
George Washington Book Prize
2017
対象作品: American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804
主催: George Washington Book Prize Committee
結果: 最終候補
New-York Historical Society book prize (Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History)
2021
対象作品: American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850
主催: New-York Historical Society
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

1995年 Microhistory / History

Using court records, land records, letters and diaries, Taylor reconstructs the background of William Cooper and the political, economic, and social history of Cooperstown after the American Revolution.

Frontier societyLand speculationLocal politicsMicrohistory

The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution

2006年 History / Borderland studies

Explores the borderlands between Canada and the United States after the American Revolution and examines Iroquois attempts to retain control of lands, rethinking the revolution from a borderland perspective.

BorderlandsIndigenous historyPost-colonial conflicts

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

2013年 History / Slavery studies

Analyzes the interaction of slavery and war in Virginia from 1772 to 1832, showing how slavery influenced society and wartime dynamics.

SlaveryWar and societyBoundaries and repression

American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804

2016年 History / Continental history

Surveys the revolutionary period from a continental North American perspective, depicting the spread and complexity of revolutions through regional interactions and multiple actors.

Continental perspectiveInterregional interactionsPlural histories

全著作

  • Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760-1820
  • William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
  • American Colonies: The Settling of North America
  • Writing Early American History
  • The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
  • The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
  • Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
  • The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
  • American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804
  • Thomas Jefferson's Education
  • American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850
  • American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850–1873

作風・主題

文体
Revival of narrative historyScholarly yet readable proseMicrohistorical methods based on archival detail
頻出モチーフ
Frontiers and colonial lifeBorderlands and conflictsInteraction of slavery and warLocal communities and individual experiences

評価・遺産

Alan Taylor is highly regarded for applying microhistory and narrative history to early American studies, elucidating local communities, borderlands, and the interplay of slavery and war. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has had significant influence in academia and on both scholarly and popular histories.

関連学会

  • American Philosophical Society (member)

資料所蔵先

  • University of Virginia archives (potential holdings related to his work)

引用

  • “There is no single unifying narrative linking past and present in America. Instead, we have enduring divisions in a nation even larger and more diverse than that of 1787. The best we can do today is to cope with our differences by seeking compromises, just as the Founders had to do, painfully and incompletely in the early Republic.”
    出典: Essay in Our American Story (2019) (2019年)

豆知識

  • Born in Portland, Maine. His mother is author Virginia C. Taylor.
  • One of the few authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for History twice.
  • Received a BA from Colby College and a PhD from Brandeis University.
  • Has taught at UC Davis, Boston University, and the University of Virginia.