Years and before that he taught at the university of california at davis and at boston university. Hes also written eightri previs books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and beyond. Two of his works have one Pulitzer Prize in history, 1996 and william coopers town. In 2014 the history kilojoules given to alan, the internal enemy which is about slavery in virginia during the war of 1812 and the contradictions of early Virginia Society. In Thomas Jeffersons education allen turns hiso attention to the establishment of the university of virginia. Jefferson of course regarded the university as one of his signature achievements, and alan got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after, across some correspondence between jefferson and an associate over the efforts to fund the new school. In general, he deals with various ways in which the American Revolution Impacts Society and politics in the early years of our country. And the story of jeffersons attempts