Social Science

Industrial Conspiracies

by Clarence Darrow Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
Industrial Conspiracies is a powerful address by renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow, delivered shortly after his notable acquittal in the McNam…

The Idea of Progress

by John Bagnell Bury Read by Barry Ganong 5
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…

Dark Princess

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by Verla Viera 4.5
This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has de…

The Psychology of Peoples

by Gustave Le Bon Read by Oxenhandler 4.4
"It is barely a century and a half ago that certain philosophers, who, it should be remarked, were very ignorant of the primitive histo…

The Aftermath of Slavery

by William A. Sinclair Read by Jim Locke 4.5
This work describes conditions and forces the black population of the South faced after freedom was brought by the Civil War. As Sinclair pu…

Culture and Anarchy

by Matthew Arnold Read by Nicole Lee 4.6
Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey 4.6
The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose …

The Indians in Wisconsin's History

by John M. Douglass Read by Verla Viera 4.4
Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

A Century of Negro Migration

by Carter Woodson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

by Ernest A. Bell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion

by James Frazer Read by Leon Harvey 5
The fourth volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. With this third part of The Golden Bo…

Your Negro Neighbor

by Benjamin Griffith Brawley Read by KevinS 4.5
An historical and sociological view of race relations in America as it pertains to the African-American. - Summary by KevinS

Genetic Studies of Genius

by Lewis Terman Read by Leon Harvey 5
It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…

Porto Rico

by Joseph B. Seabury Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. This volume was written in 1903 as Book XII in the…

More Australian Legendary Tales

by K. Langloh Parker Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

London Labour and the London Poor

by Henry Mayhew Read by Gillian Hendrie 5
Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi

by Hattie Greene Lockett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
“By a brief survey of present day Hopi culture and an examination into the myths and traditions constituting the unwritten literature of thi…

Neighbourhood

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 4.4
If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…

A Social History of the American Negro

by Benjamin Griffith Brawley Read by Jim Locke 4.8
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…

Five Stages of Greek Religion

by Gilbert Murray Read by ChristineB 5
A historical account written in the early 20th century The work explores the evolution and various phases of Greek religion focusing on the …

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