Political Science
Fabian Essays in Socialism
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George Bernard Shaw
The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…
The World Crisis
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Winston S. Churchill
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
The Life of Washington
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John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
The American Credo
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H. L. Mencken
The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind, published in 1920, is a commentary on US politics, specif…
State of the Union Addresses
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Ulysses S. Grant
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activi
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its invest…
A History of Our Own Times
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Justin Mccarthy
The fourth and concluding volume of this history of Victorian Britain opens with the brutal repression in 1865 of a rebellion by ex-slaves i…
Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty
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Frederick Adams Woods
Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…
The Colored People of Chicago
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Louise DeKoven Bowen and Louise Dekoven Bowen
This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on b…
Commentaries on the Laws of England
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William Blackstone
The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are a prominent and authoritative 18th century dissertation on the common…
Imperialism and World Politics
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Imperialism and World Politics is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
The Life of Washington
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
What is Industrial Democracy
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Norman Thomas
An explanation of the concept of industrial democracy and its relation to capitalism. (Summary by progressingamerica)
The Thirty Years' War
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Samuel Rawson Gardiner remains a respected source on the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which began as a civil conflict between Protestant p…
State of the Union Addresses
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James K. Polk
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Rise of the Macedonian Empire
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Arthur M. Curteis
Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
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Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…
The Promise of American Life
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Herbert Croly
The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate…
Twenty Years of the Republic
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Harry Thurston Peck
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole gene…
The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Samuel Rawson Gardiner was an eminent British historian of the Victorian era whose works on the 17th century remain a respected source. This…