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

E546935

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study examining social, political, and economic power in the founding and development of Cooperstown and the early American frontier.

All labels observed (1)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf history book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline American history ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
author Alan Taylor ⓘ
award Bancroft Prize ⓘ
awardCategory History ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines community formation ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ
local politics ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
relations between elites and settlers ⓘ
focusesOn development of Cooperstown ⓘ
founding of Cooperstown ⓘ
frontier society ⓘ
genre historical study ⓘ
historicalRegion upstate New York ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter William Cooper ⓘ
notableFor integration of social, political, and economic history ⓘ
microhistorical approach to early American frontier ⓘ
publicationYear 1995 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedTo James Fenimore Cooper ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
subject American frontier ⓘ
linked to: Old West

Cooperstown, New York ⓘ
William Cooper ⓘ
early American Republic ⓘ
economic power ⓘ
political power ⓘ
social power ⓘ
timeCoverage circa 1780–1830 ⓘ
topic elite self-fashioning ⓘ
formation of American republican culture ⓘ
frontier landownership patterns ⓘ
persuasion in local politics ⓘ
usesMethodology archival research ⓘ
microhistory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan Taylor → notableWork → William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic ⓘ