Political Science

Woman and Labour

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Olive Schreiner


I should like to say to the men and women of the generations which will come after us—“You will look back at us with astonishment! You will …

Rasputin and the Russian Revolution

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Catherine Radziwill


Princess Catherine Radziwill exposes Rasputin as a charlatan and pawn of Germany in this two-part analysis. Part one discusses the social an…

Rise of the Macedonian Empire

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Arthur M. Curteis


Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

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James Buchanan


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1889 - 1892)

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Benjamin Harrison


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Birth Control and the State

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Carlos Blacker


This essay is one of a great number that endorse the principle of eugenics, a controversial study and practice that aims for society or gove…

The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy

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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard


Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…

Israel and Hamas Conflict in Brief

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Jim Zanottiandjeremy M. Sharp


This short report, written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate, covers the Israel-Hamas…

Whom We Shall Welcome: Report of the President's Commission on Immigration and …

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The President'S Commission On Immigration And Naturalizatio


In 1952, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which had many provisions objectionable to many Americans. President T…

The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

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Samuel Rawson Gardiner


Samuel Rawson Gardiner remains a respected source on the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which began as a civil conflict between Protestant p…

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke


There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …

Charles James Fox

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Henry Offley Wakeman


Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch op…

Anti-Dictator: The Discours sur la servitude voluntaire

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Étienne De La Boétie


Étienne de La Boétie was the closest friend of Michel de Montaigne and the subject of the latter's famous essay "On Frien…

Cavour

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Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco


Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman…

Your Pay Envelope

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John Richard Meader


A Critique of Classical Socialism presented in a series of letters to a Mr. Smith. The author was the editor of the New York-based "Com…

The Beggars of Paris

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Louis Paulian


Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

The Old Regime and the Revolution

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville


A calm, philosophical inquiry into the causes of the French Revolution, and the working of the Old Regime. In this work, M. de Tocqueville h…

The Progressive Woman, Vol. VII, No. 75 (October 1913)

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Various


A Monthly Magazine of aspiration devoted to the economic and political interests of women, edited by Josephine Conger-Keneko. - Summary by K…

Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

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Various


Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …

Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899

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Joseph R. Fisher


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…

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