All Posts Tagged With: "Jefferson"
Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution–and What It Means for Americans Today
The more historical research I read and the more I contrast what economists write with what non-economists write, the more I am convinced that the bulk of history and biography should be redone. Thomas DiLorenzo, an economics professor at Loyola College in Maryland, explains why: “Most historians are not educated in the field of economics, [...]
24Feb2010 | Art Carden | 3 comments | ContinuedForgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin
Antifederalists get no respect. Historian Cecilia Kenyon called them “men of little faith.” Other historians (even Charles Beard) pegged them as rural debtors. In this brief but engaged life of Luther Martin, though, Bill Kauffman enters a plea for “the people who lost”—an un-American enterprise he shares with William Appleman Williams. Martin, likely the most [...]
15Oct2009 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 2 comments | Continued-
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