Political Science
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful…
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…
Norway and the Union with Sweden
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Æri…
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …
What is Industrial Democracy
An explanation of the concept of industrial democracy and its relation to capitalism. (Summary by progressingamerica)
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy
Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness
It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conc…
The World’s Famous Orations
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…
De Monarchia
The De Monarchia is one of the main works by Dante Alighieri. It is a treatise on secular and religious power, and more specifically on the …
There Are Realistic Alternatives
Violence in society and politics, whether in the form of war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, or genocide, is widely recogn…
Modern England
This short survey opens with the accession of that portly spendthrift, King George IV. With British support, Greece becomes independent. The…
Finland and the Tsars
Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first at…
Beacon Lights of History
Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Eliza…
Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Ukraina and the Peace-conference
The 19th century was the Golden Age of Nationalism in Europe. By the end of the century many countries achieved their national self-determin…
Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution
In the heat of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, Lenin here contrasts the precision of the Bolshevik political program and tactics with …
Washington and His Colleagues
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…
Commentaries on the Laws of England
The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are a prominent and authoritative 18th century dissertation on the common…
John Hancock
This book sheds light on one of the greatest men in the American history, an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Pa…