James J. Martin (September 18, 1916 – April 4, 2004) was an American historian. He was educated at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Michigan, earning a Ph.D. in history in 1949.
He is best known for his work on the history of American individualist anarchism, Men Against the State, first published in 1953. His 1964 book American Liberalism and World Politics, 1931–1941 is also well known. Harry Elmer Barnes called it "unquest...
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James J. Martin (September 18, 1916 – April 4, 2004) was an American historian. He was educated at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Michigan, earning a Ph.D. in history in 1949.
He is best known for his work on the history of American individualist anarchism, Men Against the State, first published in 1953. His 1964 book American Liberalism and World Politics, 1931–1941 is also well known. Harry Elmer Barnes called it "unquestionably the most formidable achievement of World War II Revisionism."
Martin was a close associate of historian Harry Elmer Barnes. Martin's own views were libertarian and individualist anarchist. He was also an egoist influenced by Max Stirner, and rejected the natural rights views held by some other libertarians. His work was praised by New Left historian William Appleman Williams, libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard, and others.
After a teaching career at Northern Illinois University, San Francisco State College, and Deep Springs College,...
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