Social Science
Concerning Genealogies
Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races
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…
Revolted Woman
One man's opinion of woman in 1894. Charles Harper believes in the superiority of the male sex and the subordination of the female. He pai…
They Who Knock at Our Gates
In this extended essay, Mary Antin asks us to consider three questions:First: A question of principle: Have we any right to regulate immigra…
The Future of the Women's Movement
"There may seem to be a disappointing lack of prophesy in a book avowedly dealing with the future; but since I believe the women’s move…
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes to the federal government, Congress requires upd…
The Woman Movement
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
Mother Earth
Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mot…
Mother Earth
"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literat…
A Failure of Initiative
A Failure of Initiative is a critical examination of the governmental response to Hurricane Katrina, as conducted by the Select Bipartisan C…
Save the Girls
Save the Girls is an 1880 American anti-white-slavery book by reformed gambler Mason Long. In it, the author crusades against the social evi…
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst ca…
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion.
The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …
Practical Etiquette
Good manners for social situations. (Summary by Cathy Howell)
The Sturdy Oak
At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely gener…
Whom We Shall Welcome
In 1952, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had many provisions objectionable to many Americans. President T…
The Story of Santa Klaus
Who was Santa Klaus? Did he exist? In this study of custom and folklore, the author looks at the real and the legendary man, according to va…
Catastrophe and Social Change
The Halifax Disaster in 1917 was the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb."The following pages [are] the result of an o…
The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries
The Wedding-day in all Ages and Countries is the title of a new work from the press of Harper & Brothers. In this book we find an exhaus…
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …