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The Communist Manifesto
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License: One of the most influential political tracts ever published this short book succinctly explains the aims and purpose of the Communist League of the 19th century, giving the author’s…
The Federalist Papers
Originally published anonymously, *The Federalist Papers* first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers urging voters to ratify the new Constitution.
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book The Theory of the Leisure Class has come to be regarded as one of the great works of economic theory.
Proposed Roads to Freedom
THE attempt to conceive imaginatively a better ordering of human society than the destructive and cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose ``Republic'' set the model for the Utopias of…
War of the Classes
War of the Classes by Jack London explores socialism, social problems, working class.
American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History
American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by John Fiske explores politics and government, united states, commentaries.
Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells
Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells explores boys.
Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions
Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by James Boyd Kennedy explores fraternal insurance, industrial life insurance, labor unions.
Landholding in England
Landholding in England by Joseph Fisher, F.R.H.S. explores land tenure.
The education and employment of women
The education and employment of women by Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler explores working women, education.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
A work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry, and sexology, the "Kama Sutra" has been a classic of world literature for more than 1700 years.
The conscience of a Conservative
The conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. (Barry Morris) Goldwater explores united states — politics and government — 20th century, conservatism — united states.
Eugenics and Other Evils
Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton explores eugenics.
On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill explores liberty.
News from Nowhere; Or, An Epoch of Rest Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance
News from Nowhere; Or, An Epoch of Rest Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance by William Morris explores utopias.
Resourceful ageing: Empowering older people to age resourcefully with the Internet of Things
A study of how older people adapt everyday objects and technologies to support independent living. Stories of people and things sit alongside design experiments, ethnographic observations and approaches to building connected resources with their users.
Do you want cookies? Trust dynamics and educational gaps in the datafied risk society
A study of trust and educational differences in a society increasingly organised around data. Drawing on risk-society theory, the research examines how people understand data institutions and respond to the risks and uncertainties of digitalisation.