Detailed bookshelf period
1900–2000 AD
← Back to All Books 1900–2000 AD The twentieth century brought revolutions in philosophy, economics, politics, science, psychology, literature, and modern ideas about freedom, society, and human nature. This section highlights George Santayana, Max Weber, Albert Einstein, James Joyce, Karl Barth, Ludwig von Mises, Arnold Toynbee, Friedrich Hayek, Karl Popper, Robert Ardrey, Jacques Barzun, and many other influential
Browse all periodsThe Works of George Santayana
Santayana, George, 1863–1952
1948The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Weber, Max, 1864–1920
1934Rudyard Kipling’s Verse
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
1935Our Enemy, the State
Nock, Albert Jay, 1870–1945
1931The Secret of the Golden Flower
Wilhelm, Richard & C. G. Jung
1947Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955
1950The Meaning of Relativity
Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955
1956Mozart: His Character, His Work
Einstein, Alfred, 1880–1952
1920The Acquisitive Society
Tawney, R. H., 1880–1962
1926Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Tawney, R. H., 1880–1962
1947The Decline of the West
Spengler, Oswald, 1880–1936
1947Finnegans Wake
Joyce, James, 1882–1941
1938The Knowledge of God and the Service of God
Barth, Karl, 1886–1968
1928The Word of God and the Word of Man
Barth, Karl, 1886–1968
1953The Theory of Money and Credit
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973
1951Socialism
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973
1949Human Action
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973
1963Human Action
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973
1957Theory and History
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881–1973
1956On Freedom and Free Enterprise
Schoeck & Others
1948A Study of History
Toynbee, Arnold J., 1889–1975
1948Civilization on Trial
Toynbee, Arnold J., 1889–1975
1948Individualism and Economic Order
Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992
1960The Constitution of Liberty
Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992
1952The Counter-Revolution of Science
Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899–1992
1967Deeper Than You Think
Read, Leonard E., 1898–1983
1968Accent on the Right
Read, Leonard E., 1898–1983
1958The Sources of Invention
Jewkes, Sawers & Stillerman
1940The Confession of an Individualist
Chamberlin, William Henry, 1897–1969
1959The Evolution of a Conservative
Chamberlin, William Henry, 1897–1969
1950The Open Society and Its Enemies
Popper, Karl Raimund, 1902–1994
1958Essays on Individuality
Morley, Felix, ed.
1952–Essays on Liberty
Foundation for Economic Education
1949The Power in the People
Morley, Felix, 1894–1982
1951The Foreign Policy of the United States
Morley, Felix, 1894–1982
1960The Federalist: A Classic on Federalism and Free Government
Dietze, Gottfried
1968America’s Political Dilemma
Dietze, Gottfried
1963In Defense of Property
Dietze, Gottfried
1960A Humane Economy
Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899–1966
1963Economics of a Free Society
Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899–1966
1960The Freudian Ethic
Apter, Richard Tracy
1946The Way of Inflation
Hazlitt, Henry
1957The Breakdown of Nations
Kohr, Leopold, 1909–1994
1961African Genesis
Ardrey, Robert
1966The Territorial Imperative
Ardrey, Robert
1971Between Nothingness and Paradise
Niemeyer, Gerhart
1979What Should Economists Do?
Buchanan, James M.
1977Economic Forces at Work
Alchian, Armen A.
1961The Evolution of Civilizations
Quigley, Carroll
1947Freedom and Reform
Knight, Frank H.
1981Teacher in America
Barzun, Jacques, 1907–2012
1983Political Economy and Freedom
Nutter, G. Warren
1977The Servile State
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870–1953
1982Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
Dicey, A. V., 1835–1922