Social Science Books

A Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt

If it were possible to place this volume in the hands of every American citizen I feel profoundly convinced there would follow an uplift toward right-living and right-thinking which would affect the d..

Life and Confession of Ann Walters

Anonymous

It has probably never fallen to the lot of man to record a list of more cruel, heart-rending, atrocious, cold-blooded and horrible crimes and murders, than have been perpetrated by the subject of this..

The Klan Unmasked

W. J. Simmons

Various representatives of the press, as well as many of my colleagues in the organization of which I have the honor to be the Founder and head, have repeatedly asked me to make a public statement, de..

A fragment of the prison experiences

Emma Goldman

Twenty-six years ago, in 1893, I paid the first toll for my opinions in the State of New York with a year’s free residence in the Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary. I found the cells small, dark, and fi..

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government

Victoria C. Woodhull

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government is a review of the rise and fall of nations from early historic time to the present; with special considerations regarding the future of the United ..

Woman: Her Position and Influence in Ancient Greece and Rome, and among the Early Christians

James Donaldson

In treating of Greek women I can only select prominent periods. And the first that comes before us is the Homeric. And here we require all the power of transporting ourselves into different times that..

The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

Nels Anderson

The present volume is intended to be the first of a series of studies of the urban community and of city life. It is assumed that the study here made of the “Hobohemia” of Chicago, as well as the..

The Co-opolitan

Zebina Forbush

Education counts for everything, and if we had been taught that to stand on our heads an hour a day was essential to salvation most of us would observe that form without question. Some, however, are s..