Richard B. Morris and American History in the Twentieth Century

by Philip Ranlet

Overview

Richard B. Morris, an internationally known early American scholar, was a historian at both City College of New York and Columbia University. Morris' dissertation, Studies in the History of American Law, helped establish American legal history as a field. His Government and Labor in Early America was a landmark publication. He won the Bancroft Prize for his masterpiece, The Peacemakers, in 1966.

This biography is based primarily on Morris' extensive papers and the recollections of historians who knew him well. Prominent historians of the twentieth century such as Evarts Greene, Charles M. Andrews, Lawrence Henry Gipson, Perry Miller, Merrill Jensen, Dumas Malone, Julian Boyd, Allan Nevins, and Henry Commager, among others, appear throughout. Subjects discussed include anti-Semitism, the celebrated New American Nation series, and Morris' suspicions about the innocence of Alger Hiss. This book was one of the History New Network's books of the month in July 2005.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761829171
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	08/31/2004
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Philip Ranlet is Adjunct Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hunter College, New York. Ranlet holds a doctorate from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He is author of The New York Loyalists (University Press of America, 2002).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Genesis Chapter 6 Storm Chapter 7 In Maitland's Footsteps Chapter 8 War and Labor Chapter 9 Exodus Chapter 10 Fair Trial and the End of the New Deal Chapter 11 Working with Commager Chapter 12 The Document Editor Chapter 13 Peacemaking Chapter 14 Chaos Chapter 15 Nixon's the One Chapter 16 The Teacher Chapter 17 Mr. Bicentennial Chapter 18 Leviticus Chapter 19 Abbreviations for Endnotes Chapter 20 Endnotes Chapter 21 A Note on the Sources Chapter 22 Index Chapter 23 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Ranlet has produced a well organized, smoothly flowing study. It will be of particular interest to historians and especially…Morris students.

New York History - Wendell Tripp

Ranlet has produced a well organized, smoothly flowing study. It will be of particular interest to historians and especially...Morris students.--Wendell Tripp, SUNY Oneonta / New York State Historical Society "New York History "

From the Publisher

Ranlet has produced a well organized, smoothly flowing study. It will be of particular interest to historians and especially…Morris students.
— Wendell Tripp, SUNY Oneonta / New York State Historical Society

New York History