Нови книги
Bismarck: A Life
Jonathan Steinberg
Издател: Oxford University Press
Since there are a passel of Bismarck biographies, Steinberg recognizes that a new portrait requires a new approach. He adopts one of expansive quotation from Bismarck’s correspondence and from observations of him by contemporaries, which well suits the style of power Bismarck wielded from 1862 to 1890. It was personalistic, entailing domination
On China
Henry Kissinger
Издател: Allen Lane
Henry Kissinger is the famous American diplomat. His new book, On China, is a fine history of the “Central State” focusing on the late Qing and early Communist periods. On China is destined to be assigned reading in graduate schools for years, because of its fine application of “realist” thinking to the survival of a strong country facing
A Concise History of the Common Law
Theodore F. T. Plucknett
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
As always during its long history, English common law, upon which American law is based, has had to defend itself against the challenge of civil law's clarity and traditions. That challenge to our common law heritage remains today. To that end, Liberty Fund now makes available a clear and candid discussion of common law. A Concise History of the
The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction
Ludwig von Mises
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
When he fled Austria in 1934, Ludwig von Mises left behind a wealth of writings that, he supposed, were lost forever. Seized by the Nazi Gestapo, the papers were subsequently captured by the Soviet KGB and were archived in Moscow. Their discovery in 1996, by Professors Richard and Anna Ebeling of Hillsdale College, received widespread attention.
The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction
Ludwig von Mises
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
When he fled Austria in 1934, Ludwig von Mises left behind a wealth of writings that, he supposed, were lost forever. Seized by the Nazi Gestapo, the papers were subsequently captured by the Soviet KGB and were archived in Moscow. Their discovery in 1996, by Professors Richard and Anna Ebeling of Hillsdale College, received widespread attention.
The Correspondence of Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
This volume offers an engaging portrait of Smith through more than four hundred letters; also included are appendices with Smith's thoughts on the "Contest with America" and a collection of letters from Jeremy Bentham.
Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Reflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenment. Included are histories of astronomy, ancient logic, and ancient physics; essays on the "imitative" arts and the affinity between music, dancing, and poetry; and a critical review of Samuel Johnson's famous
Lectures on Jurisprudence
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Smith's Lectures on Jurisprudence, originally delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1762-1763, present his "theory of the rules by which civil government ought to be directed." The chief purpose of government, according to Smith, is to preserve justice; and "the object of justice is security from injury." The state must protect the
Index to the Works of Adam Smith
Andrew S. Skinner , Knud Haakonssen
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith represents one of the best available editions of Adam Smith's monumental opus. For over fifteen years, Liberty Fund has made paperback editions of these classics accessible to a wider audience than ever before.
Now, with the publication of a new comprehensive Index to the Works of
Книги: 591 - 600 от общо 3739
The American Commonwealth
The Road to Serfdom
Библиотеката съществува