Social Science

Our Androcentric Culture

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read by KHand
This is a book about men—as such. It differentiates between the human nature and the sex nature. It will not go so far as to allege man's ma…

An Address to Free Colored Americans

by An Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women met in New York City in May, 1837. Members at the Convention came from all walks of life…

The Deportation Cases

by Constantine Panunzio Read by Sue Anderson 5
"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

The State of Society in France Before the Revolution

by Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville Read by Jim Locke 5
A thorough analysis of the social, religious, and political dynamics of French society which led to the French Revolution.

The Long Road of Woman's Memory

by Jane Addams Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 5
In this book, Jane Addams tells of a strange rumor involving Hull House, the famed settlement house founded by her in Chicago in 1889. The r…

Balder The Beautiful

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey
The tenth volume in The Golden Bough series. Frazer discusses the problem which gives its title to the whole work. If right, the Golden Boug…

Essays on Work and Culture

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The author investigates the world of work against a backdrop of culture. Each of the 25 essays focuses on one aspect of the topic. For examp…

Charles Sumner

by Archibald Grimké Read by Jim Locke 4
In the two volumes assigned to him in the American Reformer Series, viz., the "Life of William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist," …

The Great Beach

by John Hay Read by PhyllisV 3.7
Written by John Hay, a naturalist and co-founder of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, The Great Beach is an exploration into the natur…

The Social Settlement Movement in Chicago

by Josephine Hunt Raymond Read by KevinS 5
This is Ms. Raymond's thesis submitted for the awarding of her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin (Madison.) Raymond clearly k…

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

by Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

Criminal man

by Gina Lombroso Read by Leon Harvey
This book is an English summary and paraphrase of the multi-volume Italian work of the same name compiled by Cesare Lombroso, the father of …

Mobilizing Woman-Power

by Harriot Stanton Blatch Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Harriot Stanton Blatch, a suffragist in her own right, was the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was one of the champions of women’s ri…

The Passing of the Great Race

by Madison Grant Read by Jim Locke 3.6
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…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey 5
The third volume of The Golden Bough. The term Taboo is one of the very few words which the English language has borrowed from the speech of…

Illustrations of Political Economy

by Harriet Martineau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…

The Return of the Exiles

by Edward Wilmot Blyden Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
A lecture delivered at the Breadfruit school house, Lagos, West Africa, January 2, 1891E.W. Blyden (1832 to 1912) was born in the Caribbean …

The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
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 exerci…

The Crisis

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 exerci…

Cuban Folk Lore

by L. Roy Terwilliger Read by Lynne T 4.1
The author gives a first-hand look at unusual and arguably primitive customs on the island of Cuba. He uncovers a strange and unique blend o…

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