William Taylor (historian)

William "Bill" R. Taylor (1922 – June 17, 2014) was a historian, professor, and author in the United States. He is known for his interdisciplinary social history approach and for his book Cavalier & Yankee. He was pivotal in developing Stony Brook University's history department in the 1960s after he joined the program from Wisconsin.[1][2]

His 1961 book Cavalier & Yankee explored the dialectic between northerners and southerners in the United States during the American Civil War era.[3] He also edited Inventing Times Square (1992).[4]

Taylor lived in Kansas City, Missouri and studied at Harvard University before World War II. As war approached he left college and joined the Army Air Force. He returned to Harvard and completed his degrees.[1]

Bibliography

  • Cavalier and Yankee: The Old South and American National Character published in 1961 ISBN 978-0195082845, ISBN 0195082842

References

  1. 1 2 "knews9-14". www3.cs.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Inventing Times Square, edited by William R. Taylor". Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (1 March 1999). The Edge of the Swamp: A Study in the Literature and Society of the Old South. LSU Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8071-2433-8.
  4. ↑ "Flash, Trash and Genius". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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