Social Science
American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
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Daniel Garrison Brinton
This work was done to begin to draw distinction between myth and reality in the Native American hero lore. It comes at a time when not much…
The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict
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Thomas Archer
"Bare, unpicturesque, and sordid as are the conditions of poverty, there are sights in London which everybody may and should see - sigh…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn And Of The Wild. Volume 2
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James Frazer
The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …
Tea and Tea Drinking
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Alfred Arthur Reade
Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…
The Road
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Hilaire Belloc
"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traf…
Mark Twain's Partner
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Michael J. Phillips
In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing…
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 1
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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 exerc…
Thoughts on the Death Penalty
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Charles C. Burleigh
This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including hi…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume III, Florida Narratives
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VI, Kansas Narratives
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United States Work Projects Administration
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein
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Herbert Mayo
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards
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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
A resounding and, for the times, outrageous look at restructuring British society using the first world war as trigger for changing the plac…
Among the Head-hunters of Formosa
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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern
"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
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Various
Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …
My Friends the Savages
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Giovanni Battista Cerruti
The author writes his experiences with the Sakai peoples in the Malay peninsula (SE Asia), focusing on their lifestyle and customs. What imp…
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission Report)
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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…
Our Southern Highlanders (Version 2)
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Horace Kephart
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…
Mobilizing Woman-Power
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
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…
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 2
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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 State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789
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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville
A thorough analysis of the social, religious, and political dynamics of French society which led to the French Revolution.