Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon) 1904-1989

Overview

Works:	473 works in 1,779 publications in 3 languages and 59,540 library holdings
Genres:	History Sources Chronologies Encyclopedias Personal narratives Dictionaries Biography Biographies Reference works Personal correspondence
Roles:	Author, Editor, Performer, Other, Compiler, Author of introduction, Creator, Narrator, Annotator, Honoree, Composer, Redactor, edr, 070, Contributor
Classifications:	E174.5, 973.03

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Most widely held works about Richard B Morris

Richard B. Morris and American history in the twentieth century by Philip Ranlet( Book )
Book reviews of Malone's book Jefferson the President : first term, 1801-1805. Volume IV, Jefferson & his time by Dumas Malone( )
Reminiscences of Richard Brandon Morris : by Richard B Morris( )
Evarts Boutell Greene papers by Evarts Boutell Greene( )
Morris, Richard Brandon( )

Esther Rasmussen collection by Esther Rasmussen( )
Harper & Row Publishers records by Publishers Harper & Row( )
The basic ideas of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton( Book )
American Historical Association records by American Historical Association( )
Papers by Evarts Boutell Greene( )
by Publishers Harper & Row( )

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Most widely held works by Richard B Morris

Encyclopedia of American history by Richard B Morris( Book )

127 editions published between 1953 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 6,462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Covers the history of the U.S. from pre-Columbian times to the first year of Ronald Reagan's presidency

The spirit of 'seventy-six : the story of the American Revolution as told by participants by Henry Steele Commager( Book )

44 editions published between 1925 and 2002 in English and held by 3,543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answer--the participants themselves--and in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and more. In letters, journals, diaries, official documents, and personal recollections, the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers. Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary, this book examines every aspect of the war, including the Loyalist and British views; treason and prison escapes; songs and ballads; the home front and diplomacy abroad. In short, the editors have wrought a balanced, sweeping, and compelling documentary history

Witnesses at the creation : Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and the Constitution by Richard B Morris( Book )

24 editions published between 1985 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Illustrates how the Constitution was debated, amended, and ratified through the persuasive support of these three men

The peacemakers : the great powers and American independence by Richard B Morris( Book )

39 editions published between 1965 and 1983 in English and held by 2,050 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A story of espionage, intrigue, chicanery, and cynical self-interest, a diplomatic history

Great Presidential decisions ; state papers that changed the course of history by Richard B Morris( Book )

54 editions published between 1960 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The forging of the Union, 1781-1789 by Richard B Morris( Book )

14 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 1,791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Covering the crucial years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government, The Forging of the Union may be considered a sequel to Richard B. Morris's Bancroft Award-winning book, The Peacemakers. Reexamining an enormous fund of original sources and the latest monographs, Morris treats the Confederation interlude as an extraordinary, if brief, period of trial and experimentation. Grave doubts were entertained on a wide variety of issues: the survival of an American union, perpetuation of republican values, the power of a strengthened central government to deal with the great European states, prosperity, sectional tensions, and secessionist murmurings. Would a durable union in fact perpetuate a government by the elite to the detriment of the common people? - Back cover

Seven who shaped our destiny; the Founding Fathers as revolutionaries by Richard B Morris( Book )

14 editions published between 1963 and 1979 in English and held by 1,772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Character sketches of Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jay, Madison, and Hamilton emphasize their reasons for turning against Britain and their prominence in the American Revolution

The American Revolution reconsidered by Richard B Morris( Book )

28 editions published between 1965 and 1979 in English and held by 1,525 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Re-examines the revolutionary processes involved in America's struggle for independence and constitutional government in the light of subsequent world events

Government and labor in early America by Richard B Morris( Book )

58 editions published between 1946 and 1981 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,457 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The experience of government with labor in the first two centuries of American history holds numerous clues to later developments and provides significant parallels to current patterns ... In considering early American labor relations this study is confined to an analysis of the legal and social position of free and bound labor."--Preface

The framing of the federal Constitution by Richard B Morris( Book )

6 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 1,454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

No one can read the story that Richard Morris tells in this small book on the framing of the Constitution without being struck by the remarkable system that was created in that historic summer of 1787. Americans can gain a basic understanding of both the origins and the remarkable nature of our Constitution from this book. -- From preface

Alexander Hamilton and the founding of the nation by Alexander Hamilton( Book )

22 editions published between 1957 and 1969 in English and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Harper encyclopedia of the modern world : a concise reference history from 1760 to the present by Richard B Morris( Book )

16 editions published between 1970 and 1972 in English and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A concise reference history from 1760 to the present

A treasury of great reporting : "literature under pressure" from the sixteenth century to our own time by Louis L Snyder( Book )

36 editions published between 1949 and 1969 in 3 languages and held by 1,156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"'Literature Under Pressure' from the Sixteenth Century to Our Own Time. From Defoe, Dickens and Kipling to Ernest Hemingway, John Gunther, Marguerite Higgins and Quentin Reynolds, the greatest newspaper and radio reporters offer in this collection nearly 300 classic examples of 'literature under pressure.' These range in time from the report of a witch's trian and conviction in 1587 to the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann" -- Dust jacket

Studies in the history of American law, with special reference to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by Richard B Morris( Book )

40 editions published between 1930 and 1974 in English and held by 1,039 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The emerging nations and the American Revolution by Richard B Morris( Book )

12 editions published between 1970 and 1974 in English and held by 998 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Perspectives on early American history; essays in honor of Richard B. Morris by Richard B Morris( Book )

7 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kraus, M. Richard B. Morris: an assessment.--Vaughan, A. T. The evolution of Virginia history: early historians of the first colony.--Ward, H. M. The search for American identity: early historians of New England.--Bonomi, P. U. The middle colonies: embryo of the new political order.--White, P. L. Herbert Levi Osgood: an intellectual tragedy.--Klein, M. M. Detachment and the writing of American history: the dilemma of Carl Becker.--Morris, R. B. The spacious empire of Lawrence Henry Gipson.--Oberholzer, E. Puritanism revisited.--Waters, J. J. From democracy to demography: recent historiography on the New England town.--Johnson, H. A. American colonial legal history: a historiographical interpretation.--Billias, G. A. The first un-Americans: the loyalists in American historiography.--Henderson, H. J. The first party system.--Kline, M.-J. The writings of Richard B. Morris (p. 375-385)

The U.S. Department of Labor bicentennial history of the American worker by Richard B Morris( Book )

4 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 866 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fair trial : fourteen who stood accused from Anne Hutchinson to Alger Hiss by Richard B Morris( Book )

18 editions published between 1952 and 1967 in English and held by 844 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Bibliographical notes": pages 479-494

The first book of the Constitution by Richard B Morris( Book )

8 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Discusses the writing of the Constitution and includes a short outline. Also includes a discussion of the weaknesses of confederation government and descriptions of the founding fathers

John Jay by John Jay( Book )

in English and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Consists chiefly of previously unpublished papers in the collections of Columbia University Libraries

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