Social Science
Illustrations of Political Economy
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…
A Study of British Genius
The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …
The City of Din
A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us phy…
Ways of Mankind
"Ways of Mankind" is a pioneering program produced by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) with a grant fro…
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races
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…
Practical Etiquette
Good manners for social situations. (Summary by Cathy Howell)
An Address to Free Colored Americans
The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women met in New York City in May, 1837. Members at the Convention came from all walks of life…
Cuban Folk Lore
The author gives a first-hand look at unusual and arguably primitive customs on the island of Cuba. He uncovers a strange and unique blend o…
Our Androcentric Culture
This is a book about men—as such. It differentiates between the human nature and the sex nature. It will not go so far as to allege man's ma…
The Return of the Exiles
A lecture delivered at the Breadfruit school house, Lagos, West Africa, January 2, 1891E.W. Blyden (1832 to 1912) was born in the Caribbean …
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution
A thorough analysis of the social, religious, and political dynamics of French society which led to the French Revolution.
The Long Road of Woman's Memory
In this book, Jane Addams tells of a strange rumor involving Hull House, the famed settlement house founded by her in Chicago in 1889. The r…
Balder The Beautiful
The tenth volume in The Golden Bough series. Frazer discusses the problem which gives its title to the whole work. If right, the Golden Boug…
The Man of Genius
Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…
Popular Superstitions
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…
The Great Beach
Written by John Hay, a naturalist and co-founder of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, The Great Beach is an exploration into the natur…
The Social Settlement Movement in Chicago
This is Ms. Raymond's thesis submitted for the awarding of her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin (Madison.) Raymond clearly k…
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…
Criminal man
This book is an English summary and paraphrase of the multi-volume Italian work of the same name compiled by Cesare Lombroso, the father of …
Mobilizing Woman-Power
Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s ri…