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The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois.
27 days •
ⓘ 1903 • A collection of essays and landmark in both the history of African-American literature and in the history of sociology. W.E.B. Du Bois argues it is beneath the dignity of a human to beg for rights inherently granted to all men and women.
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
116 days •
ⓘ 1776 • A fundamental work in classical economics. Scottish economist Smith, writing at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, describes an open economy able to regulate itself.
Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
35 days •
ⓘ 1910 • The memoir of social worker, sociologist, philosopher and reformer Jane Addams focusing on the settlement house she created in Chicago.
The Garden of God
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
23 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A sequel to The Blue Lagoon, Arthur of the Raratonga discovers his shipwrecked son and niece and their child upon the ocean and determines to return to their island refuge.
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
14 days •
ⓘ 1762 • Rousseau explores the possibility that a "contract" between people be the source of sovereign power, not systems such as monarchies. His ideas would help inspire political revolt through Europe.
Women and Economics
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
23 days •
ⓘ 1898 • Gilman advocates for women changing their cultural identity, becoming economically independent for the betterment of themselves and society.
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