Books on Topic: 'Rights'

Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thoreau’s belief...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is one of the most controversial novels of the last century, with it’s sentimental portrayal of the anti-slavery movement in the USA...

The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, o...

First-hand perspective on the years right after the Civil War, when blacks were not yet denied so many of their rights. They were in Congress! A part...

This is the story of developments that lead to the American Civil War. It was not a war over slavery; it was a war over states' rights.

On June 8, 1765 James Otis, supported by the Massachusetts Assembly sent a letter to each colony calling for a general meeting of delegates. The meeti...

This was a book about eugenics, and it was -- but it was also a beautiful defense of property rights, a powerful assault on plutocratic elitism, and a...

Annie Besant - a well-known British women's rights activist - lays down British marriage laws as they were at her time. She opposes the view of marrie...

Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does no...

In this, Roosevelt discusses his belief in the importance of social justice and fair treatment for all individuals, regardless of their background or...

This 1787 document defines the rights and responsibilities of federal government of the United States of America.

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas...

The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.

Immanuel Kant's "Zum ewigen Frieden" (Perpetual Peace) delves into the complex relationship between morality and international affairs. Kant argues t...

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the fundamental principles of jurisprudence. It is written in a clear and concise styl...

Immanuel Kant's *Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch* is a seminal work in political philosophy, outlining his vision for a world free from war....

This volume contains a collection of writings by Samuel Adams, a prominent figure in the American Revolution, spanning from January 1770 to March 1773...

A Vindication of the Rights of Men is a political treatise written by Mary Wollstonecraft in response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution...