This is a book about men—as such. It differentiates between the human nature and the sex nature. It will not go so far as to allege man’s masculine traits to be all that excuse, or explain his existence: but it will point out what are masculine traits as distinct from human ones, and what has been the effect on our human life of the unbridled dominance of one sex. (Taken from the first chapter) [chương_files]
In November, 1897, I submitted to the American Academy of Political and Social Science a plan for the study of Negro problems. This work is an essay along the lines there laid down, and is thus part of larger design of observation and research into the history and social conditions of the transplanted Africans. W.E.B. Du Bois At the end of this work are appendices, mainly additional statistics and not included here–the most noteworthy of them being Appendix B, a list of legislation regarding the Philadelphia Negro during this period. [chương_files]
This is Ms. Raymond’s thesis submitted for the awarding of her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin (Madison.) Raymond clearly knows her subject well and describes the aims and practices of the various social settlements established in disadvantaged districts in the City of Chicago and with detail enough to offer a brief but comprehensive view of the social settlement ideal then in place at the turn of the 19th Century in Chicago and other major American cities. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]
This is one of the author’s “travel books”, recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Every turn prompts musings on the nature and character of the people he encounters and their relationship to the land which they inhabit. His insights, while sometimes condescending, show elements of Lawrence’s analysis of the human condition, and his despair over the relentless erosion of a bucolic environment with the advance of modernism. – Summary by Peter Tucker [chương_files]
Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps of the early Spanish conquistadores in the Americas: Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado. (Summary by Steven Seitel) [chương_files]
In this fine sailing and exploring yarn, Edward Frederick Knight (1852-1925), sometime English barrister, journalist, sportsman, and amateur seaman, conspires over a fish dinner in Harwich to buy and refit the tiny yacht Falcon, recruit a crew of four (and a cabin boy), and sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. This they do, despite naysayers who advised painting the yacht’s name conspicuously on her keel to aid identification when found floating upside down in some foreign sea. The book provides detailed descriptions of sailing in difficult waters and powerful storms, the spectacular scenery of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, sport hunting in unspoiled jungles, frequent revolutions (and a terrible war of annihilation) and, perhaps most important, the customs of the many different peoples who inhabit the South American continent. As was common practice in his day, Knight assumes the superiority of the “white” races and is not hesitant to express his sometimes less-than-favorable impressions of the “lesser” races he encounters. But he offers high praise for the beauty of the land and the kindness of the people he meets. (Steven Seitel) [chương_files]
Toute l’érudition littéraire si variée et étendue, et les convictions politiques de Madame Germaine de Staël, à une période particulière en France, 1810. Tout le talent de plume si fluide, clair, alerte de l’auteure dans cet ouvrage essentiel. Les mœurs des Allemands, de différentes régions, société, langue, etc… La littérature et les Arts, différentes époques, Wieland, Klopstock, Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, poésies, art dramatique et romans. Philosophie et Morale, en Angleterre et en France, puis Kant, influence sur le caractère des Allemands, la morale scientifique, Jacobi, etc… Religion et Enthousiasme, catholicisme, protestantisme, philosophes religieux, mysticité, douleur, contemplation de la nature, enthousiasme et vie en adéquation avec soi-même, bonheur. – Summary by Christiane Jehanne [chương_files]
William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a teenager, he went on to become one of the most controversial and, ultimately, well-loved and respected social reformers of his day. Published in 1890 amidst the turmoil of the death of his beloved wife, Catherine, “In Darkest England” was hailed as a revolutionary approach to coping with the social ills facing Great Britain at the time. Although 130 years old, this revolutionary book of Victorian England still has much to say of note today. – Summary by Tom Hirsch [chương_files]
Samuel Phillips Day traces the history of tea from Asia to England, exploring some of the romance of this treasured drink and its place in British culture. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
Traditions, us et coutumes, croyances et religion, histoires écoutées et notées en Bretagne : en région du Trégor, et en Centre-Finistère, endroit fort typique des Montagnes Noires, Menez-du. Anatole Le Braz (Le Bras, mais il a choisi Le Braz, pour la bonne prononciation de son nom), fut un conférencier très apprécié et a fait connaître et aimer la Bretagne, en France, et aussi aux U.S.A. et au Canada. Ce sont des Contes recueillis, et écrits avec fluidité et grand talent, où amour, habitudes bretonnes, etc… nous réjouissent. A Motreff, par exemple, lors de “La Nuit des feux”, chaque clan prépare son bûcher pour honorer Saint-Pierre et les âmes de ses morts, les anaon. Des aventures bien étranges arrivent aux habitants de cette belle contrée, au climat variable, à la géographie parfois tourmentée, où le sol peut être très riche, ou bien, de landes arides et d’espèces végétales très variées. – Summary by Christiane Jehanne [chương_files]
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