Social Science
Your United States
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journal…
Five Stages of Greek Religion
A historical account written in the early 20th century The work explores the evolution and various phases of Greek religion focusing on the …
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.&…
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.…
Following the Color Line
Subtitled "An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy", we are presented an in-depth and essentially non-opinionate…
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…
An Essay on the Principle of Population
In this foundational work, Thomas Malthus explores the relationship between population growth and resources, presenting a stark view of huma…
The Indian To-day
Based in part upon the author's own observations and personal knowledge, it was the aim of the book to set forth the status and outlook of t…
The Web of Indian Life
The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…
Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
In light of recent events that have exposed rifts in the relationships between local police and the communities they protect and serve, on D…
A General View of Positivism
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…
Hollywood
Serialized in Shadowland from November 1921 to February 1922, Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners is Theodore Dreiser's shocking four part exp…
What Dress Makes of Us
What Dress Makes of Us is a sharp and humorous exploration of women's fashion and its social implications, penned by Dorothy Quigley in 1897…
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 …
Dark Princess
This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has de…
A Voice from the South
Published in 1892, this is the author's first work. Its eight essays are considered a seminal text of Black feminism. Its theme is that thro…
Why We Love Music
Psychologists have not explained why we love music. A technical psychologist indulges in generalizations and predictions in a practical and …
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
Full title is "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mys…
With Poor Immigrants to America
Stephen Graham, a Brit with Russian language skills, traveled by sea in 1913 with a group of poor Russian and other Slavic immigrants to New…
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…