George Rogers Taylor

George Rogers Taylor (1895 – April 11, 1983) was an American economic historian, best known for his 1951 work The Transportation Revolution, 1815–1860.^[1]

Biography

Taylor was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago. He was a member of the faculty at Amherst College from 1924 to 1965. His 1951 book The Transportation Revolution, 1815–1860 remains a key text in the analysis of the development of capitalism in the early republic.^[2] The George Rogers Taylor Prize is awarded annually "to the (Amherst) student who, in the opinion of the American Studies Department, shows the most promise for creative and scholarly work in American studies."^[3]

Selected works

• Agrarian discontent in the Mississippi valley preceding the war of 1812 (1931)
• Jackson versus Biddle; the struggle over the second Bank of the United States (1949)
• The transportation revolution, 1815–1860 (1951)
• The Turner thesis concerning the role of the frontier in American history (1949)
• The American railroad network, 1861–1890 (1956)

References

1. Aitkens, Hugh J. (1984). "Association Notes". The Journal of Economic History. 44 (2): 627–629. JSTOR 2120743.
2. Scheiber, Harry N. and Stephen Salsbury (1977). "Reflections on George Rogers Taylor's "The Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860": A Twenty-Five Year Retrospect". The Business History Review. 51 (1): 79–89. JSTOR 3112922.
3. "Senior Awards 2013". Retrieved 24 February 2016.