false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172255036m/154251.jpg 154251 5 For anyone who thinks of Murray Rothbard as only a economic theorist or political thinker, these four spectacular volumes are nothing short of shocking. They offer a complete history of the Colonial period of American history, a period lost to students today, who are led to believe American history begins with the US Constitution. <P>Rothbard's ambition was to shed new light on Colonial history and show that the struggle for human liberty was the heart and soul of this land from its discovery through the culminating event of the American Revolution. These volumes are a tour de force, enough to establish Rothbard as one of the great American historians. <P>Although a detailed narrative history of the struggle between liberty and power, Rothbard offers a third alternative to the conventional interpretive devices. Against those on the right who see the American Revolution as a "conservative" event, and those on the left who want to invoke it as some sort of proto-socialist uprising, Rothbard views this period as a time of accelerating libertarian radicalism. Through this prism, Rothbard illuminates events as never before. <P>Volume One covers the discovery of the Americas and the colonies in the 17th century (531 pages, including index). <P>Volume Two covers the period of "salutary neglect" in the first half of the 18th century (294 pages, including index). <P>Volume Three covers the advance to revolution, from 1760-1775 (373 pages, including index). <P>Volume Four covers the political, military, and ideological history of the revolution and after (470 pages, including index). 148875 1975 Conceived in Liberty (4 Volume Set) total:9|5:4|4:4|3:1| 9 39 26 1 0 0 false false Thu Apr 03 10:01:59 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 10:03:18 -0700 2008 http://blog.mises.org/archives/005896.as...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 06:55:56 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 06:55:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 18:37:01 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:37:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 07:04:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:04:57 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 08:24:44 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:24:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 20:34:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 20:34:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 12:24:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:25:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 15 12:03:49 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:03:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 16:53:37 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:53:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 10:55:20 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 10:55:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 13:29:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 13:29:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 19:07:05 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:07:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 18:33:17 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:33:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 02 13:15:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 13:15:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 14:58:13 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:29:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 24 12:21:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 12:21:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 22 13:13:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 13:13:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jul 09 16:29:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 16:29:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 09:49:50 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 09:49:50 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jun 08 16:35:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 16:35:35 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=154251