Conceived in Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard

The Mises Institute is pleased to be the publisher of this integrated book. They were beloved only by a few specialists, and sought after by many, thanks to their outstanding reputation. The volumes were brought out in the 1970s, but the odd timing and uneven distribution prevented any kind of large audience. Through this prism, Rothbard illuminates events as never before. 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. Rothbard offers a third alternative to the conventional interpretive devices. It is a detailed narrative history of the struggle between liberty and power, as we might expect, but it is more. This volume is a tour de force, enough to establish Rothbard as one of the great American historians. 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. It offers 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. There's never been a better time to remember the revolutionary and even libertarian roots of the American founding, and there's no better guide to what this means in the narrative of the Colonial period than Murray Rothbard.įor anyone who thinks of Murray Rothbard as only an economic theorist or political thinker, this giant book is something of a surprise.

This makes it easier to read, and makes clearer just what a contribution this book is to the history of libertarian literature. The single-volume edition of Conceived in Liberty is here! After so many years of having to juggle four volumes, the Mises Institute has put it altogether in a single, 1,616-page book.

Conceived in Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard