William J. Cooper Jr.
American historian (born 1940)
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William J. Cooper Jr. (born October 22, 1940) is an American historian who specializes in the history of the American South, and is regarded as a leading expert on the life of Jefferson Davis.[1]
BornOctober 22, 1940
OccupationHistorian
SpousePatricia Holmes
Parent(s)William J. Cooper, Sr. and Mamie Mayes Cooper
William J. Cooper Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1940 |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | Patricia Holmes |
| Parent(s) | William J. Cooper, Sr. and Mamie Mayes Cooper |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Academic advisor | David Herbert Donald |
Early life and education
Cooper studied at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University.
Career
After two years of service as an officer in the United States Army, he went on to spend his entire academic career at Louisiana State University.[2]
Works
- The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890 (1968)
- The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828-56 (1979)
- Liberty and Slavery (1983)
- The American South: A History (1996) (with Tom E. Terrill)
- Jefferson Davis, American (2000)
- Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era (2008)
- We Have the War Upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861 (2012)
- The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics (2017)
- Approaching Civil War and Southern History (2019)
