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The Resource 33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask, Thomas E. Woods, Jr

33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask, Thomas E. Woods, Jr

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Offers a revisionist look at the people and events that shaped the nation while addressing such politically incorrect questions as Did the American Indian really live in perfect harmony with nature? and Did the Founding Fathers support immigration?
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 306 pages
Contents
  • Did the founding fathers support immigration?
  • Did Martin Luther King Jr. oppose affirmative action?
  • Were the American Indians really environmentalists?
  • Were states' rights just code words for slavery and oppression?
  • What was "the biggest unknown scandal of the Clinton years"?
  • How wild was the "wild West"?
  • How antiwar have American liberals really been over the years?
  • Did the Iroquois Indians influence the United States Constitution?
  • Did desegregation of schools significantly narrow the Black-White educational achievement gap?
  • Was the Civil War all about slavery, or was something else at stake as well?
  • Can the President, on his own authority, send troops anywhere in the world he wants?
  • Is it true that during World War II "Americans never had it so good"?
  • How does Social Security really work?
  • Was George Washington Carver really one of America's greatest scientific geniuses?
  • Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a "living, breathing" document that changes with the times?
  • Did Indian wisdom help the pilgrims grow corn?
  • Who is most responsible for the "imperial presidency"?
  • Is discrimination to blame for racial differences in income and job placement?
  • Where did Thomas Jefferson's radical states' rights ideas come from?
  • What really happened in the Whiskey Rebellion, and why will neither your textbook nor George Washington tell you?
  • What made American wages rise? (hint: it wasn't unions or the government)
  • Did capitalism cause the Great Depression?
  • Did Herbert Hoover sit back and do nothing during the Great Depression?
  • Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression?
  • Does the Constitution's commerce clause really grant the federal government the power to regulate all gainful activity?
  • Does the Constitution authorize the federal government to do whatever it thinks will provide for the "general welfare" of Americans?
  • Does the Constitution really contain an "elastic clause" that gives the federal government additional, unspecified powers?
  • Did the founding fathers believe juries could refuse to enforce unjust laws?
  • What do foreign-aid programs have to show for themselves?
  • Did labor unions make Americans more free?
  • Should Americans care about historians' rankings of the presidents?
  • Who was S.B. Fuller?
  • Did Bill Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo?
Isbn
9780307346681
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33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask
Title
33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask
Statement of responsibility
Thomas E. Woods, Jr
Title variation
  • Thirty-three questions about American history you're not supposed to ask
  • 33 questions about American history you are not supposed to ask
  • Thirty-three questions about American history you are not supposed to ask
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Offers a revisionist look at the people and events that shaped the nation while addressing such politically incorrect questions as Did the American Indian really live in perfect harmony with nature? and Did the Founding Fathers support immigration?
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
973
Index
index present
LC call number
E179
LC item number
.W828 2007
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Label
33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask, Thomas E. Woods, Jr
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Did the founding fathers support immigration? -- Did Martin Luther King Jr. oppose affirmative action? -- Were the American Indians really environmentalists? -- Were states' rights just code words for slavery and oppression? -- What was "the biggest unknown scandal of the Clinton years"? -- How wild was the "wild West"? -- How antiwar have American liberals really been over the years? -- Did the Iroquois Indians influence the United States Constitution? -- Did desegregation of schools significantly narrow the Black-White educational achievement gap? -- Was the Civil War all about slavery, or was something else at stake as well? -- Can the President, on his own authority, send troops anywhere in the world he wants? -- Is it true that during World War II "Americans never had it so good"? -- How does Social Security really work? -- Was George Washington Carver really one of America's greatest scientific geniuses? -- Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a "living, breathing" document that changes with the times? -- Did Indian wisdom help the pilgrims grow corn? -- Who is most responsible for the "imperial presidency"? -- Is discrimination to blame for racial differences in income and job placement? -- Where did Thomas Jefferson's radical states' rights ideas come from? -- What really happened in the Whiskey Rebellion, and why will neither your textbook nor George Washington tell you? -- What made American wages rise? (hint: it wasn't unions or the government) -- Did capitalism cause the Great Depression? -- Did Herbert Hoover sit back and do nothing during the Great Depression? -- Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause really grant the federal government the power to regulate all gainful activity? -- Does the Constitution authorize the federal government to do whatever it thinks will provide for the "general welfare" of Americans? -- Does the Constitution really contain an "elastic clause" that gives the federal government additional, unspecified powers? -- Did the founding fathers believe juries could refuse to enforce unjust laws? -- What do foreign-aid programs have to show for themselves? -- Did labor unions make Americans more free? -- Should Americans care about historians' rankings of the presidents? -- Who was S.B. Fuller? -- Did Bill Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo?
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 306 pages
Isbn
9780307346681
Lccn
2007001347
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • 2007001347
  • 475565
Label
33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask, Thomas E. Woods, Jr
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Did the founding fathers support immigration? -- Did Martin Luther King Jr. oppose affirmative action? -- Were the American Indians really environmentalists? -- Were states' rights just code words for slavery and oppression? -- What was "the biggest unknown scandal of the Clinton years"? -- How wild was the "wild West"? -- How antiwar have American liberals really been over the years? -- Did the Iroquois Indians influence the United States Constitution? -- Did desegregation of schools significantly narrow the Black-White educational achievement gap? -- Was the Civil War all about slavery, or was something else at stake as well? -- Can the President, on his own authority, send troops anywhere in the world he wants? -- Is it true that during World War II "Americans never had it so good"? -- How does Social Security really work? -- Was George Washington Carver really one of America's greatest scientific geniuses? -- Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a "living, breathing" document that changes with the times? -- Did Indian wisdom help the pilgrims grow corn? -- Who is most responsible for the "imperial presidency"? -- Is discrimination to blame for racial differences in income and job placement? -- Where did Thomas Jefferson's radical states' rights ideas come from? -- What really happened in the Whiskey Rebellion, and why will neither your textbook nor George Washington tell you? -- What made American wages rise? (hint: it wasn't unions or the government) -- Did capitalism cause the Great Depression? -- Did Herbert Hoover sit back and do nothing during the Great Depression? -- Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause really grant the federal government the power to regulate all gainful activity? -- Does the Constitution authorize the federal government to do whatever it thinks will provide for the "general welfare" of Americans? -- Does the Constitution really contain an "elastic clause" that gives the federal government additional, unspecified powers? -- Did the founding fathers believe juries could refuse to enforce unjust laws? -- What do foreign-aid programs have to show for themselves? -- Did labor unions make Americans more free? -- Should Americans care about historians' rankings of the presidents? -- Who was S.B. Fuller? -- Did Bill Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo?
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
ix, 306 pages
Isbn
9780307346681
Lccn
2007001347
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • 2007001347
  • 475565

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