Social Science
Lancashire Characters and Places
An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…
Human Nature and Conduct
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…
The Future of the Women's Movement
"There may seem to be a disappointing lack of prophesy in a book avowedly dealing with the future; but since I believe the women’s move…
Revolted Woman
One man's opinion of woman in 1894. Charles Harper believes in the superiority of the male sex and the subordination of the female. He pai…
The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment
The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment by Élisabeth Celnart is a comprehensive guide to the social g…
The Revolutions of Civilization
British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…
The Passing of the Great Race
The rapidly growing appreciation of the importance of race during the last few years, the study of the influence of race on nationality as s…
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes to the federal government, Congress requires upd…
They Who Knock at Our Gates
In this extended essay, Mary Antin asks us to consider three questions:First: A question of principle: Have we any right to regulate immigra…
The Sturdy Oak
At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely gener…
The Crisis
The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerci…
The Story of Santa Klaus
Who was Santa Klaus? Did he exist? In this study of custom and folklore, the author looks at the real and the legendary man, according to va…
My Monks of Vagabondia
Before welfare or rehab, what happened to those unfortunates who lost their way, fell through the cracks, were cast off by society? Men such…
Save the Girls
Save the Girls is an 1880 American anti-white-slavery book by reformed gambler Mason Long. In it, the author crusades against the social evi…
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst ca…
The Woman Movement
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
The Workers
A young scholar, recently graduated from Princeton College, travels across the United States as a member of the working class, taking any jo…
Whom We Shall Welcome
In 1952, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had many provisions objectionable to many Americans. President T…
The Deportation Cases
"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…
Catastrophe and Social Change
The Halifax Disaster in 1917 was the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb."The following pages [are] the result of an o…