My Booklist
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Parents, Students and Colleagues,
The following are links to books, sorted by category, that you may find interesting in your study of Economics, History, Politics, or Government. I have organized them according to subject. These books could serve as resources for research, reading for fun and information, or references for future reading pursuits.
I hope you enjoy!
Mrs. H
What is Mrs. H reading now?
I'm currently reading:
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Dorris Kearns-Goodwin
The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
I recently finished:
The Age of Reagan, by Steven Hayward
Calvin Coolidge, by Amity Shales
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Economics
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Econ Alive! The Power to Choose
by Teacher's Curriculum Institute (TCI) Year Published:Econ Alive! The Power to Choose demystifies economics for students. A concise, standards-based text and multiple intelligence activities help students grasp complex concepts in terms of understandable real-world situations. This program promotes an economic way of thinking about what’s going on in the world and why. Econ Alive! The Power to Choose also builds personal financial literacy to prepare high school students to participate in the economy of today and tomorrow.
History and Government
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A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American Politics
by Thomas L. Krannawitter Year Published:A Nation Under God? The ACLU and Religion in American Politics questions the claim of the ACLU that the First Amendment to the Constitution requires the complete cleansing of any religious expression in the American public square. That position, Krannawitter and Palm argue, is not consistent with the principles of the American founding, but derives from early 20th century progressivism and modern liberalism that requires ultimately a reconstituting of the American regime along completely secular lines. A re-examination of the American founding, its theoretical and constitutional principles, allows for limited religious expression without violating the constitutional principle of religious liberty.A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
by Harry V. Jaffa Year Published:A New Birth of Freedom is the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by one of America's foremost scholars of American politics, Harry V. Jaffa. This long-awaited sequel to Crisis of the House Divided, first published in 1959, continues Jaffa's piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln and the themes of self-government, equality, and statesmanship. Whereas Crisis of the House Divided focused on the famous senate campaign debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, this volume expands and deepens Jaffa's analysis of American political thought, and gives special attention to Lincoln's refutation of the arguments of John C. Calhoun-the intellectual champion of the Confederacy.A Student's Guide To Study Of History
by John Lukacs Year Published:To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past 151 to remain ignorant of the deeds and writing of previous generations 151 is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John Lukacs, one of todays most widely published historians, explains what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why it should be undertaken by today s students. This guide is an invitation to become a master of the historian s craft.A Student's Guide To U.S. History
by Wilfred M. McClay Year Published:No nation in modern history has had a more powerful sense of its own distinctiveness than the United States. Yet few Americans understand the immensely varied sources of that sense and the fascinating debates that have always swirled around our attempts to define America with greater precision. In this introduction to the study of American history, Wilfred M. McClay invites us to experience the perennial freshness and vitality of this great subject as he explores some of the enduring commitments and persistent tensions that have made America what it is.Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
by Allen Guelzo Year Published:Since its original publication in 1999, "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President" has garnered numerous accolades, not least the prestigious 2000 Lincoln Prize. Allen Guelzo's peerless biography of America's most celebrated president is now available for the first time in a fine paperback edition. The first "intellectual biography" of Lincoln, this work explores the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him as a serious thinker deeply involved in the nineteenth-century debates over politics, religion, and culture. Written with passion and dramatic impact, Guelzo's masterful study offers a revealing new perspective on a man whose life was in many ways a paradox. As journalist Richard N. Ostling notes, "Much has been written about Lincoln's belief and disbelief," but Guelzo's extraordinary account "goes deeper."Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
by Harry Jaffa Year Published:Crisis of the House Divided is the standard historiography of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Harry Jaffa provides the definitive analysis of the political principles that guided Lincoln from his reentry into politics in 1854 through his Senate campaign against Douglas in 1858.Democracy in America
by Alexis de Toqueville Year Published:Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his return to France, Democracy in America, is both the best ever written on democracy and the best ever written on America. It remains the most often quoted book about the United States, not only because it has something to interest and please everyone, but also because it has something to teach everyone.Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
by Richard Brookhiser Year Published:A slaveowner who had no children of his own, George Washington, the "father of our country," parented wife Martha's two children and treated his staff during the Revolutionary War as "surrogate children," according to Brookhiser. George seems to have had weak emotional ties to his own father, Augustine Washington, who died when his son was 11. Despite having the equivalent of a grade-school education, the first president, an avid theatergoer, read widely in politics and current affairs. His destiny as the nation's leader filled him with anxiety, and his aristocratic civility held in check a dangerous temper. Although this Founding Father, a rich plantation owner, hoped slavery would end, he acquiesced to the status quo and refused to sell any of his slaves over the last 20 years of his life. Born an Anglican, Washington, who joined the Freemasons in his early '20s, believed in the providential workings of a God who is an active agent. In this incisive biographical study, National Review senior editor Brookhiser (The Way of the WASP) assembles revealing personal details to help reconcile the public persona with the private man.Founding the American Presidency
by Richard J. Ellis Year Published:At a time when the institution of the presidency seems in a state of almost permanent crisis, it is particularly important to understand what sort of an institution the framers of the Constitution thought they were creating. "Founding the American Presidency" offers a first-hand view of the minds of the founders by bringing together extensive selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Organized topically, the book focuses on those issues of executive power that most deeply concerned and often sharply divided the founders, including the electoral college and impeachment, the presidential term and reeligibility, the veto power and war powers, the power of appointment and the power of pardon. Ellis' judicious selections mean that teachers and students no longer need to settle for the meager rations of a "Federalist" paper or two supplemented by a quick summary of the founders' thoughts before being fast-forwarded to the contemporary presidency. Pointed discussion questions provoke students to consider new perspectives on the presidency. Ideal for all courses on the presidency, the book is also important for all citizens who want to understand not only the past but the future of the American presidency.Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings
by Frederick Douglass, Philip S. Foner Year Published:One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Fredrick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during his life. Between 1950 and 1975, Phillip S. Foner collected the most important of Douglass's hundreds of speeches, letters, articles, and editorials into an impressive five-volume set, now long out of print. Abridged and condensed into one volume and supplemented with several important texts that Foner did not include, this book presents the most significant, insightful, and elegant short works of Douglass's massive oeuvre.George Washington: A Collection
by William B. Allen Year Published:George Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this book, the only one-volume compilation in print of his vast writings. This volume includes correspondence, all of his presidential addresses, various public proclamations, his last will and testament, and the most comprehensive recompilation of the "discarded first inaugural" ever printed.His Excellency: George Washington
by Joseph Ellis Year Published:To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose “statue-like solidity” concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. His Excellency is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being.Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings
by Roy Basler, Carl Sandburg Year Published:"The most comprehensive and readable one-volume collection of Lincoln's writings ever published." -David Herbert Donald. This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces-the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation-but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents...but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers."New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR's Legacy Has Damaged America
by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. Year Published:A sharply critical new look at Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression -- and are still hurting America today. In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain -- ultimately elevating public opinion of his administration but falling flat in achieving the economic revitalization that America so desperately needed from the Great Depression. Folsom takes a critical, revisionist look at Roosevelt's presidency, his economic policies, and his personal life. Elected in 1932 on a buoyant tide of promises to balance the increasingly uncontrollable national budget and reduce the catastrophic unemployment rate, the charismatic thirty-second president not only neglected to pursue those goals, he made dramatic changes to federal programming that directly contradicted his campaign promises. Price fixing, court packing, regressive taxes, and patronism were all hidden inside the alphabet soup of his popular New Deal, putting a financial strain on the already suffering lower classes and discouraging the upper classes from taking business risks that potentially could have jostled national cash flow from dormancy. Many government programs that are widely used today have their seeds in the New Deal. Farm subsidies, minimum wage, and welfare, among others, all stifle economic growth -- encouraging decreased productivity and exacerbating unemployment. Roosevelt's imperious approach to the presidency changed American politics forever, and as he manipulated public opinion, American citizens became unwitting accomplices to the stilted economic growth of the 1930s. More than sixty years after FDR died in office, we still struggle with the damaging repercussions of his legacy.New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR's Legacy Has Damaged America
by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. Year Published:A sharply critical new look at Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression -- and are still hurting America today. In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain -- ultimately elevating public opinion of his administration but falling flat in achieving the economic revitalization that America so desperately needed from the Great Depression. Folsom takes a critical, revisionist look at Roosevelt's presidency, his economic policies, and his personal life. Elected in 1932 on a buoyant tide of promises to balance the increasingly uncontrollable national budget and reduce the catastrophic unemployment rate, the charismatic thirty-second president not only neglected to pursue those goals, he made dramatic changes to federal programming that directly contradicted his campaign promises. Price fixing, court packing, regressive taxes, and patronism were all hidden inside the alphabet soup of his popular New Deal, putting a financial strain on the already suffering lower classes and discouraging the upper classes from taking business risks that potentially could have jostled national cash flow from dormancy. Many government programs that are widely used today have their seeds in the New Deal. Farm subsidies, minimum wage, and welfare, among others, all stifle economic growth -- encouraging decreased productivity and exacerbating unemployment. Roosevelt's imperious approach to the presidency changed American politics forever, and as he manipulated public opinion, American citizens became unwitting accomplices to the stilted economic growth of the 1930s. More than sixty years after FDR died in office, we still struggle with the damaging repercussions of his legacy.On Faith and Free Government
by Daniel C. Palm Year Published:Responding to the general confusion in the United States about the proper role of religion in politics, five distinguished scholars demonstrate in original essays how our nation's founders carefully and clearly defined the appropriate relationship between church and state, and how we can adapt our current political institutions to reflect the founders' wisdom. Also, includes a collection of the most important statements by the Founders that address religion's role in American political life.On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding
by Michael Novak Year Published:In this book, Novak probes the innermost convictions of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and the others who helped the American eagle to take wing. He shows how they were able to find common ground by appealing to the God of the Hebrews. He traces what happened to this Hebrew metaphysics as the world of the founders became the world of modernity.Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, & Religion
by David Barton Year Published:An essential resource for anyone interested in our nation's religious heritage and the Founders' intended role for the American judicial system. Original Intent combines hundreds of quotes from primary sources with the author's exposition on hot topics such as revisionism, judicial activism, and separation of church and state. A substantial appendix encompasses full texts of the founding documents, biographical sketches of numerous Founders, and extensive reference notes.Present Dangers: Rediscovering the First Amendment
by David Lowenthal Year Published:The hottest points of contention in American politics all spring from a single misunderstood sentence—the First Amendment. In a timely and iconoclastic reassessment of the cornerstone of American liberty, David Lowenthal reaches unorthodox yet compelling conclusions about free speech and religion under the Constitution. Revisiting the internal logic of the Amendment’s language and the legal culture from which it emerged, he shows how the courts have twisted it beyond recognition, exposing the nation to moral and cultural upheaval as well as physical violence. Can we fight terrorism without destroying our freedom? Is censorship of child pornography un-American? Is the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional? Professor Lowenthal examines the modern Supreme Court’s treatment of subversive groups, obscenity, and church-state questions, showing how in each area the Court has been led astray by its fixation on individual rights at the expense of the security and health of the republic. Present Dangers opens with a foreword by Prof. Harvey C. Mansfield of Harvard University. A useful glossary of cases provides brief descriptions of over three dozen Supreme Court decisions cited in the text.Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
by James H. Hutson Year Published:A balanced and lively look at the role of religion between colonization and the 1840s.Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the American Character
by Matthew Spalding Year Published:This book is a major contribution to Washington scholarship.--Washington TimesThe American Republic
by Bruce Frohen Year Published:Many reference works offer compilations of critical documents covering individual liberty, local autonomy, constitutional order, and other issues that helped to shape the American political tradition. Yet few of these works are available in a form suitable for classroom use, and traditional textbooks give short shrift to these important issues. This book provides, in a single volume, critical, original documents revealing the character of American discourse on the nature and importance of local government, the purposes of federal union, and the role of religion and tradition in forming America's drive for liberty. By bringing together key original documents and other writings that explain cultural, religious and historical concerns, this volume gives students, teachers, and general readers an effective way to begin examining the diversity of issues and influences that characterise American history.The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
by Ralph Ketcham Year Published:The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison
by James Madison, Edward Larson Year Published:In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed. A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce, and defend the states against foreign threats–without becoming as overbearing as England. So thirty-six-year-old James Madison believed. That summer, the Virginian was instrumental in organizing the Constitutional Convention, in which one of the world’s greatest documents would be debated, created, and signed. Inspired by a sense of history in the making, he kept the most extensive notes of any attendee. Now two esteemed scholars have made these minutes accessible to everyone. Presented with modern punctuation and spelling, judicious cuts, and helpful notes–plus fascinating background information on every delegate and an overview of the tumultuous times–here is the great drama of how the Constitution came to be, from the opening statements to the final votes. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes an Introduction and appendices from the authors.The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay Year Published:The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The series' correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century. The Federalist remains a primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer."Biography
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Calvin Coolidge
by Amity Shlaes Year Published: ChallengingJohn Adams
by David McCullough Year Published:The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counter-Revolution
by Steven Hayward Year Published:
Politics
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A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy
by Harvey C. Mansfield Year Published:Behind the daily headlines on presidential races and local elections is the theory of the polity 151 or what the end of our politics should be. Harvard s Harvey C. Mansfield, one of America s leading political theorists, explains why our quest for the good life must address the type of government we seek to uphold. He directs our gaze to the thinkers and philosophies and classic works that have proved most influential throughout the ages.
Textbooks
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Econ Alive! The Power to Choose
by Teacher's Curriculum Institute (TCI) Year Published:Econ Alive! The Power to Choose demystifies economics for students. A concise, standards-based text and multiple intelligence activities help students grasp complex concepts in terms of understandable real-world situations. This program promotes an economic way of thinking about what’s going on in the world and why. Econ Alive! The Power to Choose also builds personal financial literacy to prepare high school students to participate in the economy of today and tomorrow.Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You
by Teacher's Curriculum Institute (TCI) Year Published:Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You actively connects government to the everyday lives of high school students. With hands-on lessons and a concise, standards-based text, students become enthusiastically engaged in learning about government at the local, state, and federal levels. Doing Democracy: A Toolkit for Civic Action and the resources from TCI’s partnership with the National Constitution Center encourage students with real-life opportunities to do democracy. Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You inspires and prepares students to become active citizens.The American Pageant: A History of the Republic
by Thomas A. Bailey, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen Year Published:
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