Clarence Buford Carson

Clarence Buford Carson (December 9, 1925 - April 9, 2003) was an American historian, academic, veteran, and author. He is most well-known for his books on United States history, United States Government, and economics.

Early life Carson was born on December 9, 1925, in Chambers County, Alabama to Jim Carson and Exah Hughes Carson. His father was a tenant farmer of limited means.

Carson enlisted in the military and fought in World War II. He published numerous articles, many for the Foundation for Economic Education.

Works

The Fateful Turn: From Individual Liberty to Collectivism 1880-1960 (1963) The War On the Poor (1969) Flight from Reality (1969) The American Tradition (1970) Throttling the Railroads (1971) The Rebirth of Liberty: The Founding of the American Republic 1760-1800 (1973) The world in the Grip of an Idea (1979) Organized Against Whom? (1983) Basic Communism: Its Rise, Spread and Debacle in the 20th Century (1990) Basic Economics (1990) Basic American Government (1993) Swimming Against the Tide (1998)

The Basic History of the United States series A Basic History of the United States, Volume 1: The Colonial Experience, 1607 1774 (1983) A Basic History of the United States, Volume 2: The Beginning of the Republic 1775-1825 (1984) A Basic History of the United States, Volume 3: The Sections and the Civil War 1826-1877 (1985) A Basic History of the United States, Volume 4: The Growth of America, 1878-1928 (1985) A Basic History of the United States, Volume 5: The Welfare State 1929-1985 (1986) A Basic History of the United States, Volume 6: America in Gridlock, 1985-1995 (1996)