Political Science
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Political Science
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between...
3 hours 23 minutes
Political Science
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Constantine Panunzio - Deportation Cases of 1919-1920
«The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be unlawfully in the country... Its purpose is to call public attention to practices...
3 hours 37 minutes
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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3)
«That government is best which governs least» is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave...
1 hour 7 minutes
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Thomas Hobbes - Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
De Cive («On the citizen») is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. «The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation...
10 hours 39 minutes
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Marie Sukloff - Life-Story of a Russian Exile
Hero or assassin? Victim or criminal? Marie Sukloff fits no easy category. A young peasant woman who became a political radical and activist, Sukloff carried out an assassination plot against a Russian governor known...
4 hours 24 minutes
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Arthur P. Hinman - How a British Subject Became President of the United States
In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operative named A. P. Hinman. Hinman privately told local Democratic leaders that he...
2 hours 20 minutes
