Political Science
The Democracy of the Constitution
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…
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
Biographical Sketches of the Signers
Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American his…
A Textbook of European History
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…
Vindication Of The Rights Of Men
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …
Lives of Greek Statesmen
In the darkest days of the Persian War when the armies of Xerxes were overrunning northern Greece, Athens faced destruction. The desperate A…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome
Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…
Ukraina and the Peace-conference
The 19th century was the Golden Age of Nationalism in Europe. By the end of the century many countries achieved their national self-determin…
The New Freedom
The New Freedom is a profound exploration of the evolving spirit of American politics, penned by Woodrow Wilson. In this work, Wilson articu…
Finland and the Tsars
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…
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
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 …
Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contracto…
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated b…
The Citizen's Almanac
New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…
The Christian Commonwealth
John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a…
The Beggars of Paris
Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…
Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian i…
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…
A Footnote to History
CONTENT WARNING: THIS WORK INCORPORATES QUOTATIONS CONTAINING RACIST SLURS. IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A BOWDLERIZED COPY, SEE BETWEEN ABOUT 07.…
Imperialism and World Politics
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A History of Our Own Times
Volume II of this popular history opens in the revolutionary year, 1848, with the Chartist movement for manhood suffrage and with the rise o…