Larry P. Arnn, the President of Hillsdale College, traces the history of education from the founding of the U.S. Office of Education (based on the Prussian system) in 1869 to the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its subsequent reauthorizations, to contemporary legislation. He connects these changes to fundamental shifts in our understanding of what education is, of the purpose and ends of government, and of what it means to be human. He offers insight into the idea of liberal education as it developed in Western civilization, marked by the confluence of biblical religion and Socratic philosophy.

Liberty and Learning: The Evolution of American Education

History

Larry P. Arnn

Americas

Hillsdale College Press

A collection of essays from the lectures given at Hillsdale College in Feb. 2006 that examine the lives and ideas of some of the twentieth century's greatest economists. A look at the effectiveness of free market-based and command and control-based economies.

Great Economists of the Twentieth Century (Champions of Freedom, Volume 34)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Essays examine the current state of the federal government's redistribution of wealth in its various forms

America's Entitlement Society [Champions of Freedom: The Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series - Volume 35]

Herman Cain (Contributor), et al.

Free Markets and Politics Today (Champions of Freedom, Volume 36)

Wolfram, Gary

When following the ideas of Frederic Bastiat, the reader often wishes to know a bit more about the man himself. This applies to many thinkers of consequence--we find their ideas so interesting that we think their lives must be equally exciting and significant. Bastiat, however, has remained a shadowy entity, even to his few biographers. The same scant details of the man's personal life appear in each of the several sketches devoted to his career.

Frederic Bastiat; a man alone

Science & Math

Roche, George Charles

Astronomy & Space Science

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Winston S. Churchill, Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (Volume 1)

Biographies & Memoirs

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

Historical

The Churchill Documents, Volume I: Youth, 1874-1896, Randolph S Churchill, Hillsdale College Press

The Churchill Documents: Youth, 1874-1896 (Volume 1)

Literature & Fiction

Churchill, Winston, S.

World Literature

The eight-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill, begun by his son, Randolph Churchill, and completed by Martin Gilbert following Randolph’s death in 1968, was based on documents from the Churchill papers and from more than one thousand other archives, both public and private. Among the many archival jewels are Churchill’s most private and personal letters from his early childhood to his old age, uncensored family correspondence, the letters and diaries of his closest friends and fiercest opponents, secret diplomatic telegrams, and the daily exchanges of an active politician, a prolific writer, a vivid journalist, an historian, a painter, and a man of action.
Churchill’s personal papers are among the most comprehensive ever assembled relating to the life and times of one man. They are so extensive that it is only possible to include in the narrative volumes a part of the relevant documents. The volumes titled The Churchill Documents were planned to run parallel with the narrative volumes, and with them to form a whole.
Here in the first two volumes of The Churchill Documents—Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1896 and Volume 2: Young Soldier, 1896-1901—are set out all the documents relevant to the first volume of the biography, Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874-1900. When an extract or quotation appears in the narrative volume, the complete document appears here. Where space prevented the inclusion of a contemporary letter in the narrative volume, it is included here.
The young Winston Churchill led a varied and dramatic life in his first twenty-two years. From his childhood disputes with his parents and at school, and his struggles as an officer cadet to master the art of military life, to his first visit to New York and his remarkable impressions of that city, to his dangerous journey through war-torn Cuba as an eyewitness to the Spanish Army’s attempt to crush the Cuban insurgents, he set down his thoughts in letters that are vivid, well-argued, witty, and full of passion. The intensity of his feelings, the breadth of his opinions, and his tenacity of purpose shine through in these early years, as he gathered the will and determination to confront the world.

The Churchill Documents, Volume 2: Young Soldier, 1896-1901 (Volume 2)

Arlan Gilbert shows how Dunn's leadership was essential to Hillsdale College's early survival and to its quickly gained prominence and influence.

Ransom Dunn: Hillsdale's Grand Old Man

Arlan K. Gilbert

775 pages plus photos. Also 45 pages of Introduction plus Short Biographies of the Principle Characters.

Winston S. Churchill, Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (Volume 2)

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