The Civil War of 1812: Citizens, Subjects, Rebels, Slaves, and Allies October 7, 2011

This event will be held in 1210 Heller Hall. A light lunch will be served by the Center for Early Modern History.

Alan Taylor is a Professor of History at the University of California - Davis where his research interests lie in the fields of Early American history (colonial revolutionary and early republic), the history of the American West, and the History of Canada (pre-Confederation). Among other works, he is the author of 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), and William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995) for which he was awarded the Bancroft Prize, the Beveridge Award, and the Pullitzer Prize for American History.

His most recent book The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2010.

Official Website: http://www.cemh.umn.edu