Social Science
Kentucky Narratives
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict
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Thomas Archer
"Bare, unpicturesque, and sordid as are the conditions of poverty, there are sights in London which everybody may and should see - sigh…
The Road
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Hilaire Belloc
"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traf…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion.
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James Frazer
The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …
Tea and Tea Drinking
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Alfred Arthur Reade
Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…
Mark Twain's Partner
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Michael J. Phillips
In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing…
Popular Superstitions
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Herbert Mayo
"In the following Letters I have endeavoured to exhibit in their true light the singular natural phenomena of which old superstition an…
The Crisis
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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…
Berlins Drittes Geschlecht
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Magnus Hirschfeld
"Berlins Drittes Geschlecht" ist eine populärwissenschaftliche Beschreibung der LGBTQ+ Kultur im Berlin der Jahrhundertwende.…
Thoughts on the Death Penalty
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Charles C. Burleigh
This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including hi…
Slave Narratives
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
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United States Work Projects Administration
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Women's Wild Oats
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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
A resounding and, for the times, outrageous look at restructuring British society using the first world war as trigger for changing the plac…
My Friends the Savages
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Giovanni Battista Cerruti
The author writes his experiences with the Sakai peoples in the Malay peninsula (SE Asia), focusing on their lifestyle and customs. What imp…
Among the Head-hunters of Formosa
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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern
"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address
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Various
Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …
Our Southern Highlanders
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Horace Kephart
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…
Leyendas de los Indios Guaraníes
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Filiberto De Oliveira Cézar
Oliveira nos entrega, siguiendo la línea de sus Leyendas de los indios Quíchuas, un compendio de 14 historias guaraníes…
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
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National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst ca…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…