People, 1865–1940, with Homer C. Hockett; college textbook in numerous editions 1926 Political and Social History of the United States, 1829–1925; The Macmillan Company, New York 1930 "A Critical Period in American Religion, 1875–1900," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 64 (1930–32) pp: 523–47. 1933 The Rise of the City, 1878–1898 online 1935 The Colonial Newspapers and the Stamp Act 1940. "The City in American History: Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jun., 1940), pp. 43–66 , highly influential article 1941 "Patriotism Names the Baby," New England Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Dec., 1941), pp. 611–618 1944 "Biography of a Nation of Joiners," American Historical Review, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Oct., 1944), pp. 1–25 1946 Learning How to Behave: A Historical Study of American Etiquette Books 1949 Paths to the Present 1951 The rise of modern America, 1865-1951 online 1958 Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764–1776 online 1950 The American As Reformer. 1954 "A Note on Songs as Patriot Propaganda 1765–1776," William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), pp. 78–88 1955 "Political Mobs and the American Revolution, 1765–1776," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society''' Vol. 99, No. 4 (Aug. 30, 1955), pp. 244–250 1963 In Retrospect: The History of a Historian, autobiography online 1968 Birth of the Nation: A Portrait of the American People on the Eve of Independence online See also Colonial America Social history James H. Robinson References Further reading Bruce M. Stave, ed. (1977), The Making of Urban History: Historiography through Oral History''; at Google Books Primary sources External links 1888 births 1965 deaths American people of Austrian descent American people of German-Jewish descent Columbia University alumni Harvard University faculty Historians of the United States Ohio State University alumni People from Xenia, Ohio Presidents of the American Historical Association University of Iowa faculty Urban historians