Social Science
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 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…
National Gambling Impact Study Commission Final Report
The National Gambling Impact Study Commission Final Report offers a thorough examination of the social and economic effects of gambling acro…
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 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 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 exerc…
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 …
Concerning Genealogies
Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…
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…
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…
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 …
Herein is Love
Prescient look at the church, its message and role in society, both perceived and true, focused through the lens of the biblical doctrine of…
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…
A Failure of Initiative
A Failure of Initiative is a critical examination of the governmental response to Hurricane Katrina, as conducted by the Select Bipartisan C…
Researches into the Physical History of Man
Prichard’s Researches into the Physical History of Man has been called the most important pre-Darwinian anthropological work in English of t…
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 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…
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind
Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short …
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…