Political Science

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1837 - 1844)

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Martin Van Buren



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,…

Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire

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Étienne De La Boétie



Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…

The Partition of Europe: A Textbook of European History 1715-1815

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Philip Guedalla



Philip Guedalla writes, "History is the most interesting part of geography, and European history is particularly dependent upon the con…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

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James Buchanan



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,…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1889 - 1892)

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Benjamin Harrison



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,…

Charles James Fox

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Henry Offley Wakeman



Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch op…

Whom We Shall Welcome: Report of the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization

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The President'S Commission On Immigration And Naturalizatio



In 1952, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had many provisions objectionable to many Americans. President T…

Cavour

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Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco



Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman…

The Beggars of Paris

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Louis Paulian



Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

Your Pay Envelope

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John Richard Meader



A Critique of Classical Socialism presented in a series of letters to a Mr. Smith. The author was the editor of the New York-based "Com…

Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899

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Joseph R. Fisher



Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first at…

Reflections on Violence

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Georges Sorel



Considered one of the more controversial books from the 20th century, Sorel's Reflections on Violence argues in favor of uprisings and strik…

A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume III

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Mandell Creighton



Volume III of this History of the Papacy opens with the Council of Basel in revolt against Pope Eugenius IV, who doggedly defends papal auto…

From Metternich to Bismarck: A Textbook of European History

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Lionel Cecil Jane



This short work opens in 1815, at the close of a period of twenty-five years of almost continuous war. The Congress of Vienna assembled to c…

On Liberty (Version 2)

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John Stuart Mill



On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is an essay about individual freedom and its limits. Mill argues that people should be free to think, speak, …

Charles Sumner, The Scholar in Politics

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Archibald Grimké



In the two volumes assigned to him in the American Reformer Series, viz., the "Life of William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist," …

Lives of Greek Statesmen

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George William Cox



In the darkest days of the Persian War when the armies of Xerxes were overrunning northern Greece, Athens faced destruction. The desperate A…

Manifest Komunistyczny

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Friedrich Engels



Manifest Komunistyczny, napisany przez Karla Marxa oraz Friedricha Engelsa, przedstawia krytykę głównego sytemu ekonomicznego państw …

The Progressive Woman, Vol. VII, No. 75 (October 1913)

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Various



A Monthly Magazine of aspiration devoted to the economic and political interests of women, edited by Josephine Conger-Keneko. - Summary by K…

Sowjet-Rußland im Umbau

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Fritz Schotthöfer



Sammlung von Aufsätzen über die gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse im jungen Sowjet-Rußland. Der Autor bereiste als Journa…

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