Social Science

English Costume

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Dion Clayton Calthrop



The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of th…

A Century of Negro Migration

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Carter Woodson



Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…

Vindication Of The Rights Of Men

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Mary Wollstonecraft



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

The Wild Irishman

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T. W. H. Crosland



History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…

Pâques d'Islande

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Anatole Le Braz



Traditions, us et coutumes, croyances et religion, histoires écoutées et notées en Bretagne : en région du Tr&ea…

In Quest of El Dorado

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Stephen Graham



Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps …

An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre

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John Gregory Bourke



An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…

In Times Like These

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Nellie Mcclung



"Believing that the woman's claim to a common humanity is not an unreasonable one, and that the successful issue of such claim rests pr…

Washington Irving's Visit to England

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Washington Irving



Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

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Albert Mackey



Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…

The Deportation Cases

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Constantine Panunzio



"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

In Darkest England and the Way Out

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William Booth



William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a te…

An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

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Henry Fielding



Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentence…

Carpenter's World Travels

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Frank G. Carpenter



Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become ou…

The Philadelphia Negro

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W. E. B. Du Bois



In November, 1897, I submitted to the American Academy of Political and Social Science a plan for the study of Negro problems. This work is …

Twentieth Century Negro Literature

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Daniel Wallace Culp



The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…

London Labour and the London Poor

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Henry Mayhew



Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

Your Negro Neighbor

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley



An historical and sociological view of race relations in America as it pertains to the African-American. - Summary by KevinS

The Indians in Wisconsin's History

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John M. Douglass



Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

The Life of Clara Barton

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William E. Barton



Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a h…

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