Ambivalence, Ambiguity, and Contradiction Garrisonian Abolitionists and Nonviolence
Historian Alice Felt Tyler once used the expression “Freedom’s Ferment” to characterize the antebellum period in American history
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The Foreign Policy of the Old Right
The categories of “right” and “left” have been changing so rapidly in recent years in America that it becomes difficult to
Empire or Liberty: The Anti-federalists and Foreign Policy, 1787-1788
Historians increasingly recognize the important role that considerations of foreign policy played in shaping the Constitution.’ Leading Feder
World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals
In this paper, I will be dealing with various examples of individual or groups of progressive intellectuals, exulting in the triumph of their creed
The War for Southern Independence: A Radical Libertarian Perspective
This paper will present a radical libertarian analysis of the War of 1861-65; as such, it will disagree in many ways with existing interpretations.
Matter of Degree, Not Principle: The Founding of the American Liberty League
On October 29, 1929, the roof fell in on the booming American economy.
Reciprocal Exchange as the Basis for Recognition Of Law: Examples from American History
The literature of American legal history is primarily a history of federal and state governments, creating the false impression that these governme
Conservation, “X-Inefficiency” and Efficient Use of Natural Resources
The early conservation movement in the United States was initiated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 when he called together a conference of state gove
Libertarians and Indians: Proprietary Justice and Aboriginal Land Rights
This paper by Carl Watner discusses the property rights of Native Americans.
Volume 7, Number 1 (1983)
Secession Reconsidered
The idea of secession has been around ever since there have been governments.
