In this remarkable book, Skidmore discusses his “atypical life and career,” and reprints representative articles and book chapters from his long life in academe. The first of the essays considers Alito’s Dobbs decision, demonstrating that it distorts history, ignores the 13th and 9th Amendments, and relies on reasoning uncomfortably similar to that undergirding the worst decision in the Court’s history: Dred Scott. It points to the danger arising from denying a right to abortion because the Constitution does not contain the word: the Court’s major power, judicial review, itself is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.
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The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat Industry
This work details the history of the grain trade as it was practiced in the United States up to the early 1900s.
The History of Trade Unionism
by Sidney and Beatrice Webb Purchase Originally published in 1894, The History of Trade Unionism was written by Sidney and Beatrice Webb to offer insight on the history of the British trade union movement’s development prior to the 1900s. Beatrice and Sidney Webb were economists, sociologists, historians, and socialists. The Webbs were also founders of… Continue reading The History of Trade Unionism
Westphalia Press 