U.S. History

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Mark Thornton

The great value of Charles Adam's book, When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession, isthat it shows in careful historical detail that slavery did not cause this great tragedy. 

Clifford F. Thies

This paper tracks the economic and political developments in the state of Kentucky that led up to the murder, trial, and execution constituting “The Kentucky Tragedy,”

Paul Mastin

From Mutual Aid is not, nor does it intend to be, a comprehensive study demonstrating the superiority of private social welfare efforts over government programs.

William L. Anderson

Couch and Shughart’s book brings together a number of public-choice studies by other authors which have appeared in various journals, but have never been formally connected to each other in a single book. 

Clifford F. Thies

During the late nineteenth century, when silver agitation threatened the gold standard in the United States, gold bonds offered investors some protection from the uncertainties concerning the monetary standard in the United States.

It is important to note that the economic theory of war does not necessarily displace the historical explanations that rest on such factors as internal dissension, a failure of leadership or diplomacy

Samuel Bostaph

Every economist who regards himself or herself as a free-market theorist and advocate should acquire, read, and retain this paean to planning and interventionism as a valuable reference—especially if he or she is also a political libertarian.

E.C. Pasour Jr.

The early conservation movement in the United States was initiated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 when he called together a conference of state gove

Carl Watner

This paper by Carl Watner discusses the property rights of Native Americans.

Volume 7, Number 1 (1983)

Robert W. McGee

The idea of secession has been around ever since there have been governments.