Books from Africa, on Africa, for Africa

The Skeptical Environmentalist

by Lomberg, Bjorn,

Reprint edition September 2001,

Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 052101068

Das Afrika - Lexikon

by Mabe , Jacob E. 2001. 

Ulm, Germany, Peter Hammer Verlag (Publisher)

The shackled continent

Africa's Past, Present and Future 

by Robert Guest

Pan Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1-4050- 4621X

Political Correctness in South Africa

by Erkens, Rainer/ John Kane-Berman, John. 2000. Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Institute of Race Relations/ Friedrich Naumann Foundation. ISBN: 0-86982-465-1.

The Cost of Free Water

by Bate, Roger/ Tren, Richard. 2002. Johannesburg, South Africa: Free Market Foundation.

Liberal Virtues

by Stephen Macedo responds to those who worry that a liberal society neglects the importance of community and citizen virtue.

The Constitution of Liberty

by FA Hayek is a major investigation of what a liberal society would be like and why its necessary.

Liberalism Old & New

by JG Merquior is a history of liberalism both in its classical format and in its modern corrupted form.

Liberalism Proper and Proper Liberalism  

by Gottfried Dietze explores the liberal ideas of Smith, Montesquieu, Kant and Jefferson.

The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson

by David Mayer is a major exploration of the Jeffersonian idea.

Liberalism

 by Ludwig von Mises though almost 80 years old is an excellent introduction to the timeless principles of liberalism.

Property in a Humane Economy

edited by Samuel Blumenfeld is a collection of essays on the importance of private property and its justification in a liberal society.

Bureaucracy  

by Ludwg von Mises explores the differences between profit management and bureaucratic management showing how expanded government is inconsistent with liberal democracy.

The Power in the People

by Felix Morley is an excellent look the liberal origins of the American constitutional system.

Principles for a Free Society

by Richard Epstein is a scholarly investigation of the role of government in a liberal society.

Human Rights and Human Liberty

by Tibor Machan explores the nature and origin of human rights from a liberal perspective.

The God of the Machine

by Isabel Patterson explores the how liberal politics leads to an explosion of human energy and the improvement of  man’s life.

Freedom and Federalism

by Felix Morley explores the complex relationship between democracy and freedom favouring freedom.

Culture Matters,

edited by Samuel Huntington and Lawrence Harrison, is a collection of essays on the important role that culture plays in the the development of liberal societies and economic prosperity.

The Virtue of Prosperity  

by Dinesh D’Souza investigates and refutes the claim that prosperity found in liberal societies undermines morality.

The Noblest Triumph

by Tom Bethell explores the rise of, and importance, of property rights.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations  

by David Landes is a definitive exploration of how the rise of liberalism lead the West to prosperity.

Anti-Liberalism 2000

by David Henderson explores the nature of anti-liberal forces and how they can undermine freedom and prosperity.

In Praise of Commercial Culture

by Tyler Cowen refutes the idea that market economies undermine culture and art.

Individual Rights Reconsidered

edited by Tibor Machan explores the nature of rights in a free and liberal society.

Moral Rights and Political Freedom

by Tara Smith shows that reason is required for human life and that for reason to work freedom is essential.

The Libertarian Reader

edited by David Boaz is a selection of classic and contemporary essays by liberal-minded thinkers.

The Libertarian Primer

by David Boaz shows how the principles of a free society are necessary for peace and prosperity.

The Law  

by Frederic Bastiat, written in the mid 1800s, explores the role of law in a liberal society.