Social Science
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…
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…
Essays on Work and Culture
The author investigates the world of work against a backdrop of culture. Each of the 25 essays focuses on one aspect of the topic. For examp…
Hollywood
Serialized in Shadowland from November 1921 to February 1922, Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners is Theodore Dreiser's shocking four part exp…
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…
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 …
Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty
Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…
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 Revolutions of Civilization
British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…
Women of America
The present volume completes the story of woman as told in the series of which it forms part. The history of nations is, in its ultimate ana…
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…
Thoughts on South Africa
'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …
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…
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…
Vindication Of The Rights Of Men
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …
Towards Democracy
“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …
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…
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…
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…
Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…