Political Science
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General …
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Justin Mccarthy
Volume III of this history of Victorian Britain begins in 1856 with the gunboat diplomacy of the Second Opium War and then moves to the harr…
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
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Ward Hill Lamon
Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency under a heavy shroud of uncertainty, not only about his threatened life but, of course, the very exis…
The Gracchi, Marius and Sulla
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A. H. Beesly
During the last half of the second century B.C. Rome was undisputed mistress of the civilized western world. As the British historian, Augus…
Hildebrand and his Times
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William Richard Ward Stephens
W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…
Untimely Papers
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Randolph Silliman Bourne
This is a posthumous collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Many originally appeared in the journal "The Seven Arts," before the…
The Age of Anne
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Edward Ellis Morris
This short survey of the age of Queen Anne begins with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the career of the Duke of Marlborou…
Inheritors
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Susan Glaspell
Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest far…
The Anti-Coup
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Gene Sharp
Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. These abrupt …
Life and Writings of Addison
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and Whig politician. Today he is most famous for his contributions, wi…
Rasputin and the Russian Revolution
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Catherine Radziwill
Princess Catherine Radziwill exposes Rasputin as a charlatan and pawn of Germany in this two-part analysis. Part one discusses the social an…
The African Problem and the Peace Settlement
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Edmund Dene Morel
In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by Eu…
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)
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John Quincy Adams
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 Chronicles of America Volume 14 - Washington and His Colleagues
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Henry Jones Ford
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…
The Irish Land Question
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Henry George
"What I want to impress upon those who may read this paper is this: The Irish land question is not a mere local question; it is a unive…
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01
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Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, he moved to London in 1750 and later served as a member of …
The Ukrainians and the European War
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The WWI (European war) for Ukrainians was the hope of its nation unity and freedom from Austria-Hungary but mostly from Russian Empire. Gali…
The Old Regime and the Revolution
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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville
A calm, philosophical inquiry into the causes of the French Revolution, and the working of the Old Regime. In this work, M. de Tocqueville h…
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…