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Public Opinion

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Walter Lippmann


Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippman, is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially the irrational, and often…

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

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William Cooper Nell


A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips.

The Challenge of Waste

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Stuart Chase


"The Challenge of Waste" examines the wasteful nature of the competitive market system, particularly from a Veblenian point of vie…

Technocracy

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William Henry Smyth


The word technocracy refers to a system of government by technical experts such as scientists, technologists, and engineers. William Henry S…

Philip Dru: Administrator

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Edward M. House


Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell Ho…

The Promise of American Life

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Herbert Croly


The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate…

What is Industrial Democracy

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Norman Thomas


An explanation of the concept of industrial democracy and its relation to capitalism. (Summary by progressingamerica)

The Brotherhood of the Kingdom (1892)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 091

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Walter Rauschenbusch


"Pneumatic tubes, instead of store wagons, will deliver packages and bundles." Store purchases by tube was one of John Watkins Jr'…

New Nationalism, The

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025

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Theodore Roosevelt


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037

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Frederick Douglass


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake,…

Fifth Annual Message to Congress

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 027

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George Washington


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

On Slavery, Part 1, An Act for Laying an Additional Duty Upon Slaves (1769)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 093

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House of Burgesses


"Flirting is more serious than talking nonsense and not so serious as making love" was journalist Eliza Lynn Linton's take on rela…