Social Science

The Passing of the Great Race

by Madison Grant Read by Jim Locke 3.6
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

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read by KHand
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

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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

by Theodore Dreiser Read by Chuck Williamson 4.1
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

by John Hay Read by PhyllisV 3.7
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

by Gina Lombroso Read by Leon Harvey
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

by Frederick Adams Woods Read by Leon Harvey 5
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

by Josephine Hunt Raymond Read by KevinS 5
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

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie Read by Leon Harvey 3.9
British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…

Women of America

by John Ruse Larus Read by Linda Andrus 4.8
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

by Élisabeth Celnart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
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

by Olive Schreiner Read by Rachel May Ferriman 3.3
'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

by Harriet Martineau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…

The Workers

by Walter A. Wyckoff Read by PhyllisV 4
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

by Mary Wollstonecraft Read by David Wales 3.8
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …

Towards Democracy

by Edward Carpenter Read by Sue Anderson 3.8
“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

by Mary Antin Read by Zachary Katz-Stein
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

by Andress Small Floyd Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
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

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
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

by Mahatma Gandhi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…

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