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

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history book nonfiction book

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.

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instanceOf history book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline American history ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
author Alan Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
award Bancroft Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardCategory History ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter William Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor integration of social, political, and economic history ⓘ
microhistorical approach to early American frontier ⓘ
publicationYear 1995 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedTo James Fenimore Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
subject American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cooperstown, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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