Social Science

What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know

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John Dutton Wright



Wright, a pioneer in the education of the deaf, was a strong advocate for acoustic and auricular training. In this little book, he tries to …

Towards Democracy

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Edward Carpenter



“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

Two American Slavery Documents

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James Mars



This recording contains two original documents. 1) Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut, by James Mars (1869). James …

English Costume

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Dion Clayton Calthrop



The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of th…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 3. The Dying God

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James Frazer



The fourth volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. With this third part of The Golden Bo…

A Century of Negro Migration

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Carter Woodson



Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…

Vindication Of The Rights Of Men, In A Letter To The Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned By His Reflections On The Revolution In France

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Mary Wollstonecraft



Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …

The Wild Irishman

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T. W. H. Crosland



History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…

An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre

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John Gregory Bourke



An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…

In Quest of El Dorado

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Stephen Graham



Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps …

In Times Like These

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Nellie Mcclung



"Believing that the woman's claim to a common humanity is not an unreasonable one, and that the successful issue of such claim rests pr…

Washington Irving's Visit to England

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Washington Irving



Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…

In Darkest England and the Way Out

Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)


William Booth



William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a te…

The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

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Constantine Panunzio



"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

Carpenter's World Travels: Alaska Our Northern Wonderland

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Frank G. Carpenter



Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become ou…

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

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Albert Mackey



Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…

An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

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Henry Fielding



Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentence…

Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

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Daniel Wallace Culp



The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…

The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

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W. E. B. Du Bois



In November, 1897, I submitted to the American Academy of Political and Social Science a plan for the study of Negro problems. This work is …

London Labour and the London Poor Volume III

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Henry Mayhew



Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

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