U.C. Davis History Department - Faculty

Alan Taylor
Professor

E: astaylor@ucdavis.edu
T: 530-752-4093
O: 3208 SSH

Academic Biography

Born in Portland, Maine. A graduate of Colby College (1977), received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University (1986).

Research Interests

Early American history (colonial revolutionary and early republic); history of the American West; History of Canada (pre-Confederation)

Selected Publications

The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006).

Writing Early American History (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005).

American Colonies (New York: Viking/Penguin, 2001)

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995).

Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: the Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760-1820 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990).

Current Graduate Advisees

Chad Anderson, Robin Averbeck, Marie Basile, Rachel Chaney, Adam Costanzo, Elizabeth Covart, Marcus Gallo, Kelly Hopkins, Jen Metz, Robyn Potts, Kristin Stone, Ryan Tripp, Gregory Wigmore