Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, is the author of American Revolutions and American Republics, prior volumes in his acclaimed continental history of the United States. He is Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

Alan Taylor on the Fragile Facade of Republicanism in 19th Century America

May 21, 2024 By Alan Taylor

Was Jefferson a Hero or Villain?
Both, and Neither.

Alan Taylor on the Contradictions of American History

July 24, 2020 By Alan Taylor

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