Social Science
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…
The Crowd
"Civilisations as yet have only been created and directed by a small intellectual aristocracy, never by crowds. Crowds are only powerfu…
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…
Chinese Sketches
Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis…
Uganda to the Cape
Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This ti…
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette
A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying…
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…
When Knights Were Bold
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictur…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion
The first volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. Topics covered include extensive discu…
Social Statics
Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath …
London Labour and the London Poor
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…
Drugging a Nation
Drugging a Nation is a journalistic reveal of the extent to which the British Empire was culpable in the dissemination and subsequent near t…
Supreme Cases
These cases involved questions that came before the Supreme Court that needed answers. The questions in order of appearance in this project …
The Alps, the Danube and the Near East
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …
What Prohibition Has Done to America
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.…
Americans All, Immigrants All
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …
Oil!
The two main characters of “Oil” are James Arnold Ross, called “Dad”, and his son James Jr., called “Bunny”. The book is loosely based on a …
Slave Narratives
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
American Indians
School students is Starr's intended audience of this work. The easy-to-read stories discuss and describe a wide range of topics such as food…
London Labour and the London Poor
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…