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4 volume American History Collection
$249.95This 4 volume collection includes the following American History works by Gordon Wood: The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Signed by Gordon Wood) - won the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize in 1970 Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Signed by Gordon […] -
Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered
$64.95Throughout his political and literary career, Burke opposed the “arbitrary exercise of power” and “denial of justice,” warning against the dangers of absolute power. He championed “the cause of the unfortunate” and “never had feared to attack the powerful, or to defend the weak, or to oppose to established interests […] -
A Treatise on Political Economy
$69.95A Treatise on Political Economy, originally published in 1817, leads modern readers through a rigorously deductive account of human will, action, and economic behavior. As one of the foundational texts of free-market thought, this volume influenced nineteenth-century theories of economic activity and was a precursor to the Austrian school of […] -
In Defense of Freedom
$69.95When it first appeared in 1962, In Defense of Freedom was hailed by Richard M. Weaver as "a brilliant defense of the primacy of the person" and an effective "indictment of statism and bureaucratism." Meyer examines the tension between the freedom of the person and the power of social institutions. […] -
De Anima & Parva Naturalia
$69.95Aristotle's theories regarding the structure and functions of the soul are found chiefly in the De Anima and the tractates collectively known as the Parva Naturalia. These works belong to that part of the corpus which deals with what Aristotle understands by physics, or the world of corporeal substances. To Aristotle, the word […] -
Restoring the Lost Constitution
$79.95The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring the Lost Constitution, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original Constitution and its amendments […] -
The Oak and Serpent
$99.95The Oak and Serpent is a 718-page, comprehensive history of the O'Sullivan / Sullivan Clan, from its mythological origin as revealed in the ancient annals, through the Middle Ages, and up to the twenty-first century. A detailed history and genealogy of all the O'Sullivan sub-septs is provided, including the O'Sullivan […] -
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
$64.95Written during the English Revolution, Milton's pamphlet argues that there exists a voluntary contract between free men and their rulers, and that if a ruler becomes a tyrant then the people have the right to depose him if the ordinary magistrates have not done so. -
A Plea for Liberty: An Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation
$64.95This collection of essays was originally published in 1891 in response to a collection of Fabian Essays on Socialism which advocated policies which would eventually lead to the modern welfare state. The theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the classical liberal tradition in British thought. -
The Political Culture of the American Whigs
$69.95From 1834-1854, the Whigs were one of America’s two major political parties. Although dissolved just before the Civil War, the Whigs produced a number of prominent leaders, including Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln, and advocated a program of economic modernization for America. Yet according to Howe: “Whiggery was as much […] -
Liberty and Order
$69.95Liberty and Order documents the years during which America’s founding generation divided over the sort of country the United States was to become. The founders’ arguments over the proper construction of the new Constitution, political economy, the appropriate level of popular participation in a republican polity, the direction of foreign policy, […] -
Lincoln Unbound
$79.95Revered today across the political spectrum, Abraham Lincoln believed in a small but active government in a nation defined by aspiration. All his life, he preached a gospel of work and discipline toward the all-important ends of self-improvement and individual advancement. As a Whig and then a Republican, he worked to smash […]
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The Trend of Economic Thinking
$69.95"The Trend of Economic Thinking" captures Hayek’s views on political economists and economic history—on Mandeville, Hume, Cantillon, Adam Smith, and Henry Thornton. Framed by insightful editorial notes, the book provides a fascinating introduction to the historical context of political economy and the evolution of monetary practices. In a highlight of […] -
Conservative Votes, Liberal Victories
$69.95"Conservative Votes, Liberal Victories" was influential conservative commentator Pat Buchanan's first book. Published in 1975 in the wake of Nixon's resignation, the book addresses the question of why the political right has been such a success in the political arena, and such a manifest failure in influencing public policy. Conservatives […] -
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
$69.95Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise 'The Wealth of Nations', Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments', he investigated the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgment, and virtue. He outlines his view […] -
Frederick Douglass
$69.95This biography, written by Booker T. Washington, one of most important post-Civil War African-American thinkers, is an account of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. Washington's account encompasses the experiences of Frederick Douglass as a slave and then as a public man, through the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, […]
