IRA M. LEONARD, History Department

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D,New York University, 1965




Publications:

Reviews:

“America, the Violent,” 

Review of Fred Anderson and Andrew Clayton<

Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America,

1500-2000 (2005). The Hartford Advocate, February 24,

 2005,55, and posted on Hartfordadvocate.org;

Historynewsnetwork.org; HistoryNewsNetwork.org; and 

Blackcommentator.org.
“A Useful Survey of New York City History,” Book

review of Selma Berrol’s History of New York, posted

on the internet by H-Net@H-Net Msu.Edu Sept 30, 1998.




“Mobs in the Streets and Countryside: A Four Hundred

Year American Phenomenon!” Book review of Paul Gilje

History of American Riots, posted on the internet by

H-Net@H-Net.Msu.Edu, April 15, 1997.
Articles:

“The Historiography of Violence in America,” Homicide

Studies ( May 2003), 99-153. Revised, updated version

available from author. This monograph is the core of a

book. 
“Violence in America,” Hartford Advocate, March 22,

2003; posted on Hartfordadvocate.org;Alternet.org;

Excellentia Foundation Two Thousand,May 2003; 

HistoryNewsNetwork.org; April 2005 and

Blackcommentator.org, May 2005.
 



“The Rise of Metropolitan New Haven, 1800 – 1985,” in

F. Shumway & D. Hegel, eds. New Haven: An Illustrated

History (Windsor Publications, 1981; revised version

in 2nd revised edition, 1984).
"Introduction." In Revolutionary Enigma: A Reappraisal

Bush, NY: Kennikat Press, 1969.




JOURNAL ARTICLES:

“The Politics of Charter Revision in New York City,

1847-1849,” New-York Historical Society Quarterly,

Jan. 1979 (Part II), 6 – 23.


“The Politics of Charter Revision in New York City,

1845-1847,” Ibid., Jan 1978 (Part I), 43-70.


“The Rise and Fall of the American Republican Party in

New York City, 1843-1845,” Ibid., April 1966, 150-192.


Books:
Urban Legacy: The Story of America’s Cities (New

American Library, 1977), co-author.
American Nativism: 1830 – 1860 (Van Nostrand,

1971;second edition, Krieger, 1978), co –author.
Research: 

Book length study of Violence in America.