Home Page of Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, San Jose State University
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Associations
Research Fellow, The Independent Institute
Web Pages
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government
Advocates for Self-Government
Writings
Abraham Lincoln: 2 assessments: Taking the gloss off of the Great Emancipator, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Abraham Lincoln, American War Between the States
Examines Lincoln's attitude toward the abolition of slavery as well as the effects of his war on the growth of government
"... Lincoln elevated the suppression of Southern independence above any concern for blacks. As he publicly explained ... 'If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, ... ' Fortunate for the slaves that Lincoln ultimately concluded that freeing them offered the most military and political advantages."
Related Topics: Abraham Lincoln, American War Between the States
Examines Lincoln's attitude toward the abolition of slavery as well as the effects of his war on the growth of government
"... Lincoln elevated the suppression of Southern independence above any concern for blacks. As he publicly explained ... 'If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, ... ' Fortunate for the slaves that Lincoln ultimately concluded that freeing them offered the most military and political advantages."
Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone, Reassessing the Presidency, 2001
Related Topics: Martin Van Buren, Democratic Party
"Van Buren was a lawyer-president who represented a new breed of professional politician. ... a close examination of Van Buren's four years in office reveals that historians have grossly underrated his many remarkable accomplishments against heavy odds. These, in my opinion, rank Martin Van Buren as the greatest president in American history."
Related Topics: Martin Van Buren, Democratic Party
"Van Buren was a lawyer-president who represented a new breed of professional politician. ... a close examination of Van Buren's four years in office reveals that historians have grossly underrated his many remarkable accomplishments against heavy odds. These, in my opinion, rank Martin Van Buren as the greatest president in American history."
Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President [PDF], The Independent Review, 1999
Related Topic: Martin Van Buren
"While avoiding foreign wars, he ... reduced the power and reach of central authority in the face of stiff resistance ... Americans once enjoyed greater freedom from government intervention than any other people. For that accomplishment, Martin Van Buren deserves as much credit as any other single individual ..."
Related Topic: Martin Van Buren
"While avoiding foreign wars, he ... reduced the power and reach of central authority in the face of stiff resistance ... Americans once enjoyed greater freedom from government intervention than any other people. For that accomplishment, Martin Van Buren deserves as much credit as any other single individual ..."
Not Just Japanese Americans: The Untold Story of U.S. Repression During 'The Good War', The Journal of Historical Review, 1986
Related Topic: World War II
"All the aforementioned events, entailing enormous gains for State power, occurred ... at a time when the United States was technically at peace. The Japanese attack ... merely accelerated the civil liberties trends already in motion. ... The internment of Japanese-Americans was ... representative of a wartime administration that respected civil liberties only so far as political expediency required."
Related Topic: World War II
"All the aforementioned events, entailing enormous gains for State power, occurred ... at a time when the United States was technically at peace. The Japanese attack ... merely accelerated the civil liberties trends already in motion. ... The internment of Japanese-Americans was ... representative of a wartime administration that respected civil liberties only so far as political expediency required."
Books Authored
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War, 1996
- ISBN 0812693116
: Hardcover, Open Court Publishing Company, 1996
- ISBN 0812693124
: Paperback, Open Court Publishing Company, 1996