 | The English Levellers (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $6.59 Out of the ferment of the English Civil War arose the levellers, a group of radical libertarians whose thought is still very much relevant today.
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 | Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by James Harrington
Buy new: $33.00 / Used from: $21.97 A foundational work of English republicanism. Its content has been much abused and distorted by modern scholars, but "Oceana" itself is still a gem.
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 | Sidney: Court Maxims (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Algernon Sidney
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $9.98 Recently discovered work of the great Whig martyr, Algernon Sidney. A clear and concise expression of his views of liberty, monarchy, and republicanism.
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 | Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon (edited by Thomas G. West) Sidney
Buy used from: $3.66 Algernon Sidney's great masterpiece. Extremely influential throughout the 18th century, it ranks with the works of Locke in the canon of natural rights based liberalism and republicanism.
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 | Cato's Letters, Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects (Vols. 1 & 2) by JOHN TRENCHARD
Buy new: $21.00 / Used from: $16.00 Perhaps the greatest work in the Radical Whig tradition, these letters are a profound and systematic presentation of Whig political philosophy.
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| The English Libertarian Heritage: From the Writings of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the Independent Whig and Catos Letters
Buy used from: $3.80 Provides choice excerpts from the work of John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, authors of "Cato's Letters" and "The Independent Whig."
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 | Bolingbroke: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Henry Bolingbroke
Buy new: $33.91 / Used from: $24.29 Seminal works of the infamous tory who set the "country" party against the court. His discussion of party politics and the patriot king were extremely influential.
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 | Price: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Richard Price
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $19.76 Richard Price is one of the finest, most consistent and radical Lockeans of the 18th century.
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 | Priestley: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Joseph Priestley
Buy new: $68.00 / Used from: $7.97 Includes Priestley's great "Essay on the first Principles of Government," a real landmark. Of special interest are Priestley's airtight arguments against government education.
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 | Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $9.49 The most comprehensive single volume edition of Jefferson's writings. Indispensable.
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 | The Anti-Federalist: An Abridgment of The Complete Anti-Federalist
Buy new: $18.90 / Used from: $2.19 Key works from the enemies of the Constitution.
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 | Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Paine
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $10.25 Includes all of Paine's timeless works, including "Common Sense" and "Rights of Man."
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 | New Views of the Constitution of the United States by John Taylor
Buy new: $70.00 / Used from: $79.99 A defense of the states rights position, relying heavily on the then recently released journals of the Philadelphia Convention. Helpful in revealing the distortions pervading "The Federalist."
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