Political Science
Fabian Essays in Socialism
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George Bernard Shaw
The Fabian Society is a British institution, which, though radical, advocated social reform through legislative rather than revolutionary me…
The Passing of the Great Race
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Madison Grant
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…
A History of American Political Theories
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Charles Edward Merriam
"A description and analysis of the characteristic types of political theory that have from time to time been dominant in American polit…
The American Credo
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H. L. Mencken
The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind, published in 1920, is a commentary on US politics, specif…
A History of the Middle Ages
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Dana Carleton Munro
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities…
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activi
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its invest…
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General …
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Justin Mccarthy
The fourth and concluding volume of this history of Victorian Britain opens with the brutal repression in 1865 of a rebellion by ex-slaves i…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)
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Ulysses S. Grant
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
The World Crisis, Volume 1
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Winston S. Churchill
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psycho…
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Frederick Adams Woods
Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…
The Colored People of Chicago
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Louise DeKoven Bowen and Louise Dekoven Bowen
This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on b…
The Life of Washington, Volume 5
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John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)
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James K. Polk
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 2: Of the Rights of Things.
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William Blackstone
The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are a prominent and authoritative 18th century dissertation on the common…
What is Industrial Democracy
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Norman Thomas
An explanation of the concept of industrial democracy and its relation to capitalism. (Summary by progressingamerica)
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 1 of 4
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Imperialism and World Politics is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume II
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Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905
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Harry Thurston Peck
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole gene…
The Life of Washington, Volume 4
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
The First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution 1603-1660
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Samuel Rawson Gardiner was an eminent British historian of the Victorian era whose works on the 17th century remain a respected source. This…