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Thomas Ernest "Tom" Woods, Jr. (born August 1, 1972) is an American Historian and author.[1] Woods is a New York Times best-selling author and has published twelve books.[2] He has written on the subjects of American history, traditional Catholicism and economics. Woods is sympathetic to Paleoconservatism[3] and although not an economist himself a proponent of the Austrian_school of economics.[4]

Education and affiliations[edit]

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Woods holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, both in History. He is a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and a member of the editorial board for the Institute's Libertarian Papers.[5]

Woods is a founding member[6] of the League of the South, a Southern nationalist organization, and a contributing author to the League's journal, The Southern Patriot.[7][8][9]

Woods is also an associate scholar of the Abbeville Institute, named after the South Carolina hometown of pro-slavery US Senator John Calhoun.[10] The mission of the Abbeville Institute is to preserve and present what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition.[11]

Woods was an ISI Richard M. Weaver Fellow in 1995–96.[12] He received the 2004 O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship and an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the Independent Institute in 2003.[citation needed]

He has additionally been awarded two Humane Studies Fellowships and a Claude R. Lambe Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.[13] His 2005 book, The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, won the $50,000 first prize in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards.[14]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Naji Filali, Interview with Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Harvard Political Review, August 16, 2011.
  3. ^ E. Woods, Thomas. "The Split on the Right". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  4. ^ https://www.libertyclassroom.com/learn-austrian-economics/
  5. ^ "Editorial Board at Libertarian Papers". Libertarianpapers.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  6. ^ Applebome, Peter (7 March 1998). "Could the Old South Be Resurrected?; Cherished Ideas of the Confederacy (Not Slavery) Find New Backers". nytimes.com. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 September 2016. ...Mr. Woods, one of the founding members of the League of the South. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
    • Euan Hague. Heidi Beirich. Edward H. Sebesta. (2008). Neo-Confederacy_ A Critical Introduction - University of Texas Press
    • Muller, Eric (January 30, 2005). "Thomas Woods' Southern Comfort". American Constitution Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. ...the League of the South, a Southern nationalist organization of which Dr. Woods boasts he is a founding member. (The organization was formed in 1994; Dr. Woods was present at the founding and became a member of the League's Membership Committee, which was headed by the League's President, Michael Hill.) Dr. Woods has been a frequent contributor to the League's journal, The Southern Patriot, and has spoken at its conventions. (He has also spoken at similar meetings of other organizations, like the Southern Historical Conference and Bonnie Blue Ball, where he shared the lectern with speakers on the "Myths and Realities of American Slavery" and "Why Slaves Fought for Their South.")
  7. ^ Young, Cathy (February 21, 2005). "Last of the Confederates". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-09-14. The author's official bio leaves out the fact that Woods is a co-founder and member of pro-secession League of the South.
  8. ^ Young, Cathy (2005-06-01). "Behind the Jeffersonian Veneer". Reason. Retrieved 2016-09-14. Born and raised in the North, Woods is a co-founder of the League of the South, a neo-Confederate group, and has written frequently for its magazine The Southern Patriot.
  9. ^ Articles written by Woods for the League of the South's journal include:
    Woods, Thomas (1995). "Copperheads". Southern Patriot. 2 No. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1995): pp. 3–5.
    Woods, Thomas (1995). "The Abolitionists". Southern Patriot. 2 No. 5 (Sept. - Oct. 1995): pp. 36–37.
  10. ^ Terris, Ben (December 6, 2009), "Scholars Nostalgic for the Old South Study the Virtues of Secession, Quietly", Chronicle of Higher Education
  11. ^ "Purpose | Abbeville Institute". www.abbevilleinstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  12. ^ "First Principles – Banana Republic, U.S.A". Firstprinciplesjournal.com. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  13. ^ Inferno New Media. "About Tom Woods | Tom Woods". Thomasewoods.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  14. ^ "ISI Announces 2006 Templeton Enterprise Award Winners".
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