Social Science Books

Primitive Love and Love-Stories

Henry T. Finck

he new science of anthropology, with its various branches, including sociology, ethnology, and comparative psychology, has within the last two or three decades brought together and discussed an immens..

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions

James Runciman

All the statistics and formal statements published about drink are no doubt impressive enough to those who have the eye for that kind of thing; but, to most of us, the word "million" means nothing at ..

She Stands Accused

Victor MacClure

She Stands Accused is a female criminal offender's biography written by Victor MacClure. This book being a Series of Accounts of the Lives and Deeds of Notorious Women, Murderesses, Cheats, Cozeners, ..

In Darkest England, and the Way Out

In Darkest England, and the Way Out is book on social welfare written by William Booth, an English Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General.The progress of T..

A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States

Clement Juglar

Preface from the book: The second edition of this study of Panics in the United States brought us through the year 1891. I originated about one fourth of it. This third edition brings us practically u..

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North

C.H. Yarrow

A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians is a book on Indians of North America's funeral customs and rites written by Dr. H. C. YARROW.The pr..

An Essay on the Principle of Population

T. R. Malthus

The following Essay owes its origin to a conversation with a friend, on the subject of Mr Godwin's essay on avarice and profusion, in his Enquirer. The discussion started the general question of the f..

Liberalism and the Social Problem

Winston Churchill

Author's introduction:These are the principal speeches I have made within the last four years. They have been chosen and collected with the idea of presenting a consistent and simultaneous view of the..