Richard M Abrams

Biographic Data

ID714441
NAMERichard M Abrams
GIVEN NAMESRichard M
FAMILY NAMEAbrams
SIGNATUREABRAMS R M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Berkeley
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1956
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX2

  • America Transformed: Sixty Years of Revolutionary Change, 1941–2001

    Open AccessRichard M AbramsBOOKAmerica Transformed2006

    America has seen a multitude of transformations since its founding. This 2006 book examines the period 1941–2001 during which time the character of American life changed rapidly, culminating in the shattering of the Liberal Democratic coalition. Revolutions in the areas of affluence, foreign policy, the military, business systems, racial relations, gender roles, sexual behavior and attitudes, and disregard for privacy are discussed. Rather than c…

  • An American Profession of Arms: The Army Officer Corps, 1784-1861

    Richard M Abrams, William B SkeltonARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1996

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes and American Liberalism

    Richard M Abrams, Sheldon M Novick et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1991

  • The U.S. Military and Higher Education: A Brief History

    Open AccessRichard M AbramsARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1989Cited by: 2References: 3

    From almost unnoticed beginnings in the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, the military-university relationship has, since 1940, become a major feature of American society. Putting higher education to the service of public priorities has longer and stronger roots in the American tradition than does the ideal of the university as a sanctuary for independent, critical scholarship and disinterested pursuit of learning for its own sake. Ironical…

  • Making the Managerial Presidency: Comprehensive Reorganization Planning, 1905-1980

    Richard M AbramsREVIEWJournal of American History1986

    Journal Article Making the Managerial Presidency: Comprehensive Reorganization Planning, 1903–1980. By Peri E. Arnold. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. xiv + 374 pp. $37.50.) Get access Richard M. Abrams Richard M. Abrams University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Page 788, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903067 P…

  • American Visions of the Good Society

    Richard M Abrams, John M CooperARTICLEReviews in American History1984

  • American Anticommunism and Liberal Internationalism

    Richard M Abrams, Lawrence S Kaplan et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1982

  • Free and Equal: As Compared to what

    Richard M Abrams, Paul L MurphyARTICLEReviews in American History1981

  • The modern corporation

    Open AccessRichard M AbramsARTICLESociety1979References: 1

  • Dissent Without Opinion: The Behavior of Justice William O. Douglas in Federal Tax Cases

    Richard M Abrams, Bernard Wolfman et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1977

    Journal Article Dissent Without Opinion: The Behavior of Justice William O. Douglas in Federal Tax Cases. By Bernard Wolfman, Jonathan L. F. Silver, and Marjorie A. Silver. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975. xvii + 204 pp. Tables, appendix, notes, and selected bibliography. $9.50.) Get access Richard M. Abrams Richard M. Abrams University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …

  • Lawyers versus the Good Society

    Richard M Abrams, Jerold S AuerbachARTICLEReviews in American History1976

  • William Gibbs McAdoo: A Passion for Change, 1863-1917

    Richard M Abrams, John J BroesamleARTICLEJournal of American History1976

    Journal Article William Gibbs McAdoo: A Passion for Change, 1863–1917. By John J. Broesamle. (Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat, 1973. xii + 304 pp. Notes, select bibliography, and index. $15.00.) Get access Richard M. Abrams Richard M. Abrams University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 62, Issue 4, March 1976, Pages 1032–1033, https://doi.org/10.230…

  • Progressivism and the Open Door: America and China, 1905-1921

    Richard M Abrams, Jerry IsraelARTICLEThe American Historical Review1975

  • Of Lawyers, Privilege, and Power

    Richard M Abrams, David J Danelski et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1975

  • Legal Change and the Legitimacy of the Corporation in America

    Richard M Abrams, James Willard HurstARTICLEStanford Law Review1972

  • Calvin Coolidge: The Quiet President: A New Assessment

    Richard M Abrams, Donald R MccoyARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly1969

  • Charles Evans Hughes: Politics and Reform in New York, 1905-1910

    Richard M Abrams, Robert F WesserARTICLEJournal of American History1968Cited by: 6

    Journal Article Charles Evans Hughes: Politics and Reform in New York, 1905–1910. By Robert F. Wesser. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. xvi + 366 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $8.50.) Get access Richard M. Abrams Richard M. Abrams University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 55, Issue 3, December 1968, Pages 665–…

  • Daniel E. Morgan, 1877-1949: The Good Citizen in Politics

    Richard M Abrams, Thomas Campbell et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1967

    Journal Article Daniel E. Morgan, 1877–1949: The Good Citizen in Politics. By Thomas F. Campbell. (Cleveland: Press of Western Reserve University, 1966. ix + 196 pp. Illustrations, notes, list of sources, and index. $5.50.) Get access Richard M. Abrams Richard M. Abrams The University of California at Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 2, September 1967, …

  • Conservatives in the Progressive Era: The Taft Republicans of 1912

    Richard M Abrams, Norman M WilenskyARTICLEThe American Historical Review1966

  • Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics, 1900-1912

    J Joseph Huthmacher, Richard M AbramsARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1965

  • Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics, 1900-1912

    George E Mowry, Richard M AbramsARTICLEJournal of American History1965

    Journal Article Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics, 1900–1912. By Richard M. Abrams. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. xiv + 327 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $6.95.) Get access George E. Mowry George E. Mowry University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 1, June 1965, Pages 159–160, https:…

  • Brandeis and the New Haven-Boston & Maine Merger Battle Revisited

    Open AccessRichard M AbramsARTICLEThe Business History Review1962Cited by: 1References: 7

    Despite Louis Brandeis' well-publicized opposition to the New Haven-Boston & Maine railroad merger of 1907–1909, a large number of public-spirited men, including many progressive reform leaders whom Brandeis had worked with and admired, favored the combination. They saw the merger not as a conspiracy against the public interest, but a necessary response in the public interest to a commercial crisis in Massachusetts. This examination of their reas…

  • A Paradox of Progressivism: Massachusetts on the Eve of Insurgency

    Open AccessRichard M AbramsARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1960

  • A Crossroads of Freedom: The 1912 Campaign Speeches of Woodrow Wilson

    Richard M Abrams, John Wells DavidsonARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1958

  • Woodrow Wilson and the Southern Congressmen, 1913-1916

    Richard M AbramsARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1956Cited by: 1