“Few books make history and fewer still become the foundational texts for the movements and struggles of an entire people....” One such great work was...
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutiona...
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a nonfiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muck-raking j...
The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 book by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels, a study of the industrial working class in V...
The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899) is a book by Thorstein Veblen about how the possession or pursuit of wealth...
The book is a detailed sociological study of the African American population in Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century. It examines the social,...
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several...
This Simian World is a satirical novel that explores the idea of what the world would be like if humans had not become the dominant species, but inste...
Os Sertões is considered one of the most important works of Brazilian literature and a major contribution to the understanding of the country's social...
This book, originally titled 'World's Lumber Room', delves into the fascinating world of dust, refuse, and waste, exploring how it is created by both...
Naudsonce is a thought-provoking science fiction novella that explores the challenges and complexities of communication between different species. A j...
William Sanger's "History of Prostitution" is a significant work that explores the social, moral, and public health aspects of prostitution in the 19t...
This book explores the relationship between work and culture, arguing that specialization and the focus on productivity have stifled human growth and...
Ibn Battuta's 'Travels' is a firsthand account of the renowned Moroccan explorer's journeys across vast swathes of the 14th-century world. It offers a...
This collection of essays, edited by Booker T. Washington, is representative of what historians have characterized as "racial uplift ideology." These...
Eliza Burt Gamble's 'Sexes in Science and History' (originally published as 'The Evolution of Woman' in 1894) examines the historical and scientific p...
Published in 1895, *The Psychology of Peoples* by Gustave Le Bon delves into the psychological characteristics that define different races and how the...
This issue of National Geographic Magazine, published in January 1897, encompasses a wide range of geographical topics. It features articles on the Go...
The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings is a foundational work in the field of anthropology, examining the development of religious...
Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that published articles by contemporary activists and writers in Europe as well as the US, in addition...
This book examines the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, focusing on the Northern Migration and the draw of California...
This book is a memoir of the author's experiences as an African-American in the United States in the mid-20th century. It is a thoughtful and insightf...
An analytical study of the historical and sociological aspects of race relations in the United States, with a particular focus on the experiences of A...
In 'Negro Laborer: A Word to Him', William H. Councill offers practical advice to the African American labor force of his time. Drawing from his exper...
