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A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume II - Justin McCarthy
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume II - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: War & Military / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Volume II of this popular history opens in the revolutionary year, 1848, with the Chartist movement for manhood suffrage and with the rise of Young Ireland. Next we join the crowds in 1851 at the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, of...
The Mysterious Forces of Civilization - Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
The Mysterious Forces of Civilization - Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
- Author: Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
- Genre: Political Science / Other religions
The Mysterious Forces of Civilization (Persian: Risálih-i-Madaníyyih) is a work written before 1875 by ‘Abbás Effendí, known as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (the Servant of Bahá) (1844-1921). The Persian text was first lithographed in Bombay in 1882 and printed in...
Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward M. HOUSE
Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward M. HOUSE
- Author: Edward M. HOUSE
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell House, an American diplomat, politician and presidential foreign policy advisor. His book's hero leads the...
Progress and Poverty - Henry GEORGE
Progress and Poverty - Henry GEORGE
- Author: Henry GEORGE
- Genre: Business & Economics / Political Science / Contemporary
What I have done in this book, if I have correctly solved the great problem I have sought to investigate, is, to unite the truth perceived by the school of Smith and Ricardo to the truth perceived by the schools of Proudhon and Lasalle; to show that...
From Dictatorship to Democracy - Gene Sharp
From Dictatorship to Democracy - Gene Sharp
- Author: Gene Sharp
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a...
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society - Thomas HOBBES
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society - Thomas HOBBES
- Author: Thomas HOBBES
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first...
Leviathan (Books I and II) - Thomas HOBBES
Leviathan (Books I and II) - Thomas HOBBES
- Author: Thomas HOBBES
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book concerns the structure of society (as...
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice - Stephen Leacock
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Political Science
This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill University. He argues for a middle ground between capitalism and pure socialism. Listeners in the early 21st...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
This is volume 4 chapter 18 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
Edward the First - Thomas Frederick TOUT
Edward the First - Thomas Frederick TOUT
- Author: Thomas Frederick TOUT
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) to a traitor's death in 1297. But Edward was one of England's greatest statesman-kings. In this short biography the...
Politics - Aristotle
Politics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Political Science / Ancient
The Politics, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in developing the virtue of its citizens. One of his...
The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Author: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Political Science / Modern (20th C)
New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the history, people, and events that have brought us where we are today as a beacon of hope and freedom to the world....
Life of Prince Metternich - George Bruce MALLESON
Life of Prince Metternich - George Bruce MALLESON
- Author: George Bruce MALLESON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) first foreign minister, and then chancellor of the Austrian Empire was a great diplomat: crafty, manipulative, and single-minded in his determination to overthrow Napoleon and his revolutionary ideals and to...
The Soul of Man - Oscar Wilde
The Soul of Man - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Modern
“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.” Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860) - James BUCHANAN
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860) - James BUCHANAN
- Author: James BUCHANAN
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
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, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
The Emancipation Proclamation - Abraham Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: War & Military / Law / Political Science
After having written and released an initial draft of this proclamation in September of 1862, minor changes were made and Lincoln signed it on January 1st, 1863. It declared free the slaves in 10 states not then under Union control, with exemptions...
Problems in American Democracy - Thames WILLIAMSON
Problems in American Democracy - Thames WILLIAMSON
- Author: Thames WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Political Science
Problems in American Democracy is a very detailed, specific explanation of some of the underlying and surface problems of a democracy system of government, particularly of the American form of democracy. Though lengthy, it is a great read for people...
The Gettysburg Address (version 3) - Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address (version 3) - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
The Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in November, 1863, followed a few short months after the roiling, acrid clouds of gun smoke dissipated, leaving a little crossroads town in Pennsylvania heir to the human tragedy of over 7,000...
The Age of Reason - Thomas PAINE
The Age of Reason - Thomas PAINE
- Author: Thomas PAINE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of...
Woman and War - Olive Schreiner
Woman and War - Olive Schreiner
- Author: Olive Schreiner
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Political Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Olive Schreiner was a South African writer born in 1855 to missionary parents in the Eastern Cape. She is credited with being the first Internationally famous South African Novelist. She was an extraordinary person and was one of the earliest...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848) - James K. POLK
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848) - James K. POLK
- Author: James K. POLK
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
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, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection - Various
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speeches origninally given by the 1st Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth), the 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt...
Bethink Yourselves! - Leo Tolstoy
Bethink Yourselves! - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
As Russia goes to war against Japan, Tolstoy urges those at all levels of society, from the Tsar down to the common soldier, to consider their actions in the light of Christ's teaching. "However strange this may appear, the most effective and...
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 8: Great Rulers - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 8: Great Rulers - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: History / Political Science
Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Elizabeth, Henry of Navarre, Gustavus Adolphus, Richelieu, Cromwell, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Peter the Great and...
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that ends of princes, such as glory, and...
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
- Author: Jane ADDAMS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may prove of value to those groups of people who in many cities are making a gallant effort to minimize the...
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian - William Wolfe CAPES
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian - William Wolfe CAPES
- Author: William Wolfe CAPES
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the aftermath of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. to the assassination of the tyrannical...
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Friedrich Engels
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Friedrich Engels
- Author: Friedrich Engels
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The main idea of "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1880) was distinguishing scientific socialism and utopian socialism. Engels begins by chronicaling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and...
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi) - Various
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published in 1860 and 1861, of South...
The Servile State - Hilaire Belloc
The Servile State - Hilaire Belloc
- Author: Hilaire Belloc
- Genre: Business & Economics / Political Science
A clear boundary exists between the servile and the non-servile condition of labour, and the conditions upon either side of that boundary utterly differ one from another, Where there is compulsion applicable by positive law to men of a certain...
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
- Author: Jeremy BENTHAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and animal...
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War - Eugenia Dunlap POTTS
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War - Eugenia Dunlap POTTS
- Author: Eugenia Dunlap POTTS
- Genre: Political Science / Modern (19th C)
While claiming to be historical papers on the causes of the United States Civil War, the author indulges in some Slavery Apologetics. An interesting view from a southern lady on what caused the war and why the south was the underdog. (Summary by FNH)...
The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen - Osmund AIRY
The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen - Osmund AIRY
- Author: Osmund AIRY
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded the masterly Peace of Westphalia for France, confronts the rebellions of the nobility known as the Fronde. By...
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime, in 1867. Marx’s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and explain the laws specific to the...
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - Jeremy BENTHAM
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - Jeremy BENTHAM
- Author: Jeremy BENTHAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first published in 1789, focuses on the principle of utility and how this view of morality ties into legislative...
The Gettysburg Address (version 4) - Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address (version 4) - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: Political Science
The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on...
Political Ideals - Bertrand Russell
Political Ideals - Bertrand Russell
- Author: Bertrand Russell
- Genre: Political Science
This is a book by the famous 20th century British philosopher Bertrand Russell on Political Ideals. It was written during the course of World War 1 and contains a critique on the politico economic situation of then Europe. What is interesting is...
The Democracy of the Constitution, and other Addresses and Essays - Henry Cabot LODGE
The Democracy of the Constitution, and other Addresses and Essays - Henry Cabot LODGE
- Author: Henry Cabot LODGE
- Genre: History / Political Science
Henry Cabot Lodge was a popular American Senator from Massachusetts. He did not only make a name for himself as a politician, but also as an essayist, combining his personal experience as Senator with a study of the philosophical and historical...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1889 - 1892) - Benjamin HARRISON
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1889 - 1892) - Benjamin HARRISON
- Author: Benjamin HARRISON
- Genre: Political Science
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, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
Bible Defence of Slavery - Josiah PRIEST
Bible Defence of Slavery - Josiah PRIEST
- Author: Josiah PRIEST
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
The full title of this book is Bible Defense of Slavery; and Origin, Fortunes, and History of the Negro Race, by Rev. Josiah Priest, A. M. 5th edition. This is a compilation of pro-slavery literature and propaganda that went through numerous...
