Richard B. Morris And American History In The Twentieth Century

Richard B. Morris, an internationally known early American scholar, was a historian at both City College of New York and Columbia University. His dissertation, Studies in the History of American Law, helped establish American legal history as a field. This biography is based primarily upon Morris’ extensive papers and the recollections of historians who knew him well.

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).