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| Page Last Updated: August 16, 2012 8:47 AM | |||||
| Recommended Books | |||||
| Books I recommend if you are interested in economics, politics, history, or social philosophy. | |||||
| American History | |||||
| Political Economy | |||||
| American Government | |||||
| Comparative Government and International Relations | |||||
| Political Theory | |||||
| American History | |||||
| These represent the best surveys of the major periods in U.S. History. Use them to direct further reading in the areas where you have further interests.. Each includes the college library's call number. | |||||
| Robert Middlekauff, The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: E 173 .O94 E208 1982 |  |
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| Gordon Wood, The Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: |  |
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| Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought? The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: |  |
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| David Potter, The Impending Crisis: 1848-1861 Library Call Number: E 459 .P67 1976 |  |
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| James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: E 470 .M23 1988 |  |
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| Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 Library Call Number:E 668 .F66 1988 |  |
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| David Kennedy, Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: E 801 .K36 1999 |  |
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| James Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 Library Call Number: E 173 .O94 1996 |  |
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| James Patterson, Restless Giant: The United States form Watergate to Bush v. Gore (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: EBRARY |  |
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| George Herring, From Colony to Super Power: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States) Library Call Number: E / 183.7 / .H44 / 2008 |  |
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| Political Economy | |||||
| Each picture is linked to its listing on Amazon. | |||||
| Adam Smith, An Inquiry Concerning the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |  |
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| Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments |  |
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| Deirdre McCloskey, Bourgeois Virtues |  |
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| Deirdre McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity |  |
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| Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies |  |
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| Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street |  |
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| William Bamoul, Robert Litan, and Carl Schram, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity |  |
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| John Mueller, Capitalism, Democracy and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery |  |
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| Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom |  |
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| Milton Friedman, Free to Choose |  |
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| Steven Landsburg, Fair Play |  |
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| Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist |  |
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| Greg Hartford, The Undercover Economist |  |
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| Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers |  |
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| P.J. O’Rourke, Eat the Rich |  |
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| Allan Blinder, Hard Heads, Soft Hearts |  |
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| Dixit and Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically |  |
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| Russell Roberts, The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism |  |
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| Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights |  |
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| Todd Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists |  |
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| William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth |  |
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| William Easterly, The White Man's Burden |  |
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| David Warsh, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations |  |
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| Mancer Olsen, The Rise and Decline of Nations |  |
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| Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decsions | |||||
| American Government | |||||
| Each picture is linked to its listing on Amazon. | |||||
| Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, The Federalist Papers |  |
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| Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America |  |
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| Theodore Lowi, The End of Liberalism |  |
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| Jeffery Tullis, The Rhetorical Presidnecy |  |
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| Douglas Arnold, The Logic of Congressional Action |  |
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Mancer Olsen, The Logic of Collective Action |
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| Brian Caplan, The Myth of the Rational Voter |  |
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| Tim Groseclose, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Distorts the American Mind. |  |
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| Comparative Government and International Relations | |||||
| Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (link above in the American Government Section) | |||||
| Aristotle, Politics (link below in the Political Philosopy Section) | |||||
| Francis Fukuyama, The Origins of the Political Order |  |
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| Henry Kissiger, Diplomacy | |||||
| Thomas Knock, To End All Wars | |||||
| Political Philosophy | |||||
| Each picture is linked to its listing on Amazon. | |||||
| Plato, The Republic |  |
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| Aristotle, The Nichomachean Ethics |  |
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| Aristotle, Politics |  |
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| Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince |  |
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| Niccolo Machiavelli, The Discourses (this edtion includes (The Prince) |  |
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| Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan |  |
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| John Locke, The Second Treatise on Government and The Letter on Toleration |  |
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| David Hume, Treatise on Human Nature |  |
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| David Hume, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals |  |
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| David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion |  |
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| John Jacquese Rousseau, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality |  |
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| John Jacquese Rousseau, The Social Contract |  |
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| Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France |  |
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| Immanuel Kant, Political Writings |  |
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| Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation |  |
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Jeremy Bentham, Fragment on Government |
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| John Stuart Mill, On Liberty |  |
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| John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government |  |
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| Karl Marx, Early Political Writings This book contains "The Paris Notebooks" (sometimes called "The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts") |  |
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| Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto |  |
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| Kar Marx, Later Political Writings This book contains "Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" and "Critique of the Gotha Program." It also contains "The Communist Manifesto" |  |
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| Karl Marx, Das Capital |  |
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| John Rawls, Theory of Justice |  |
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| Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia |  |
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| Isaiah Berlin, The Crooked Timber of Humanity This book inlcudes two hightly recommended essays "Two Concepts of Liberty" and "The Originality of Machiavelli" |  |
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| Friedrich Hayek, The Fatal Conciet |  |
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| Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom |  |
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| Friedrich Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty |  |
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