Here is the list as of now, if any mistakes are there please let me know. Also, hyperlinks and other changes will be made soon (putting them in alphabetical order for exaple)
American History:
European History:
History of Civilization:
Economic History:
History of Thought:
Others I don't know where to put are:
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
Bob Dylan
GilesStratton: Since we already have an economics and a political philosophy reading list and there have been plenty of topics concerning history I was wondering whether or not it might not be worthwhile to compile a history reading list. Anybody wishing to help?
Since we already have an economics and a political philosophy reading list and there have been plenty of topics concerning history I was wondering whether or not it might not be worthwhile to compile a history reading list.
Anybody wishing to help?
Well, that depends. What is our focus? History of business? Or government? Or just civilization?
Being American I could recommend some good American books, particular the revisionist works, but we need to narrow what topic we're shooting for.
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sicsempertyrannis:Well, that depends. What is our focus? History of business? Or government? Or just civialization?
Anything really.
Some subsections I can imagine are:
And perhaps some others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Ferguson
This rights good stuff.
RayLopez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Ferguson This rights good stuff.
I remember Hoppe makes a note of him in Democracy: The God That Failed.
I would like to learn more about the history of economic thoughts. I'm sure there are soom good online articles somewhere. Sometimes Mises and the like wrote their treatises to counter some other schools of thought.
Well so far for US history I can think of Woods, DiLorenzo, Flynn, Rothard and I don't really know any others.
Capitalism and the Historians edited by FA HayekAn Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought by Rothbard
That's all I've got.
A great revisionist work on medieval history is The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel. The Medieval era was a time of weak states (weakened by the first independently powerful international church/temple in history). Gimpel's work shows how that relative freedom made for a medieval industrial revolution that is ignored by almost all scholars, because it doesn't fit with their view of the middle ages as a thousand-year superstitious dream in between the "progressive" classical and modern eras (when states were strong).
And a good follow-up to that would be A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman, which is about France and England in the 14th century, a time when the renascent state rose up again and destroyed much of the prosperity that had been built up by the Medieval industrial revolution in the preceding millennium.
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Daniel J. Sanchez: A great revisionist work on medieval history is The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel. The Medieval era was a time of weak states (weakened by the first independently powerful international church/temple in history). Gimpel's work shows how that relative freedom made for a medieval industrial revolution that is ignored by almost all scholars, because it doesn't fit with their view of the middle ages as a thousand-year superstitious dream in between the "progressive" classical and modern eras (when states were strong). And a good follow-up to that would be A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman, which is about France and England in the 14th century, a time when the renascent state rose up again and destroyed much of the prosperity that had been built up by the Medieval industrial revolution in the preceding millennium.
Thank you very much, I'll add these to list once it is compiled.
Articles and papers would also be appreciated.
GilesStratton:Thank you very much, I'll add these to list once it is compiled.
Sure thing. A note to prospective readers... Medieval Machine reads like an excellent 250 page essay, making the case for the "medieval industrial revolution" thesis. A Distant Mirror reads almost like a historical novel, because in addition to telling the story of the century as a whole, Tuchman (a famously good writer) centers her narrative around one particular nobleman.
Of those that I've read, the three most important historical monographs by Rothbard are
Also fascinating is Liberty vs Power in Europe and England, an excerpt from his colonial American history Conceived in Liberty. And his discussions of the libertarian origins of Rhode Island and the proto-libertarian Quakers and Baptists from that work are thrilling to read.
And, in addition to the already mentioned, and hugely important History of Economic Thought, A History of Money and Banking in the United States is a must-read.
A book that Rothbard has cited, and which seems interesting (though I haven't read it) is Gabriel Kolko's The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History.
Yeah, I'd thought of Kolko already, I'll see if I can't compile an early list and have it up tonight, as always thank you for your contributions. Also if anybody has any more categories they would be appreciated.
A lot of the books I will be putting up in the first list would be based on reviews or summaries so they may not be perfect.
Oh, and how could I forget the definitive work on my favorite historical figure (as is evidenced by my avatar)?:
John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Ok, here's what I've got so far for American history:
This is just a short list to begin with, I'll add more later, there are also plenty of books missing because they'll fall into other sections (economic history for example).
Ok, here's what I've got so far, it's still not nearly complete and a lot of these books aren't libertarian or Austrian. Also, a lot of these catagories may not fit perfectly (for example a book that covers both American and European history, or a book that could be economic history), hyperlinks will be added when the list is done.
February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church. Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."
This list is a splendid resource. Thanks much, Giles.
Daniel J. Sanchez: This list is a splendid resource. Thanks much, Giles.
Thank you, I've been meaning to do it for some time. I'm looking for more books now once I'm done with that I'll begin adding audio tapes, articles and papers and then finally organizing it.
More books I'll add tomorrow are:
Levine, Boldrin - Against Intellectual Monopoly
Armentano - Antitrust and Monopoly
Sumner - The Conquest of the United States by Spain
Acton - Lectures on Modern History
Maitland - The Selected Historical Essays of Maitland
Wood - The Uses of History
Blanning - The Pursuit of Glory
Zamoyski - Rites of Peace
Blanning - Oxford History of Modern Europe
Doherty - Radicals for Capitalism
Doyle - The Oxford History of the French Revolution
Cook - Routledge Companion to Early Modern Europe
Cook - Routledge Companion to European History Since 1763
Breuilly - Austria, Prussia and the Making of Modern Germany
Ferguson - Virtual History
Pipes - Property and Freedom
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