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Memoirs of a Superfluous Man

Albert Jay Nock Updated 7/19/2012

Albert Jay Nock, perhaps the most brilliant American essayist of the 20th century, and certainly among its most important libertarian thinkers, set out to write his autobiography but he ended up doing much more. He presents here a full theory of soci...
On Doing the Right Thing

Albert Jay Nock Updated 6/7/2011

This wonderful collection of essays by Albert Jay Nock, first published in 1928, includes his "Anarchist's Progress," "Thoughts on Revolution," "The Decline of Conversation," and other classics by this great American...
The Theory of Education in the United States: The Page-Barbour Lectures for 1931 at the University of Virginia

Albert Jay Nock Updated 5/30/2011

It is hard to say what is most notable about this book published first in 1931: 1. Albert Jay Nock's incredible disquisition on the real meaning of education and its role in a free society. 2. That these lectures were given at a universi...
"Enterprising Education: Doing Away with the Public School System":

Walter Block Updated 1/15/2007

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"Anarchy Revisited: An Inquiry into the Public Education Dilemma"

Robert H. Chappell Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Opponents of Public Education: New York State, 1870-1880"

Gerard Postiglione Updated 1/15/2007

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"G. Stanley Hall: A Priestly Prophet of a New Dispensation"

Clarence J. Karier Updated 1/15/2007

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"Public School Movement vs. the Libertarian Tradition"

Joel Spring Updated 1/15/2007

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"Book Review: John Merrifield, <em>School Choices: True and False</em>"

Laurence M. Vance Updated 1/15/2007

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"Book Review: <em>Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle over School Choice</em> by Clint Bolick"

Laurence M. Vance Updated 1/15/2007

Laurence Vance Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle over School Choice, by Clint Bolick Acrobat Distiller 3.01 for Power Macintosh Libertarian Legalism...
"Archipelagos of Educational Chaos"

Benjamin Marks Updated 1/15/2007

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