PDF Books in Sociology
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
by Henry David ThoreauWalden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is written by Henry David Thoreau, a multifaceted personality who was an American writer, philosopher, critic, naturalist, tax resistor and a historian. Walden is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings which emphasize upon resistance to civil government and argues against an unjust st..
The Souls of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black Folk is written by W. E. B. Du Bois, an American historian and civil right activist. His groundbreaking work considered to be this very same book written based on his own experiences of being an African-American. The Souls of Black Folk, is also a biographical work, the author argues and defend the negative stereo types of bla..
The Theory of the Leisure Class
by Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure Class is written by Thorstein Veblen, an American economist, popular for his witty critic of capitalism. This book explores upper class‘s useless and unproductive consumption of leisure which does not contribute economically to the society and the productive industrial occupations of lower class society, which helps the..
The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844
by Friedrich EngelsThe Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 is written by Friedrich Engels, a German author who contributed to world society with his multifaceted roles as social scientist, political theorist, and philosopher. Being the first book of Engels, this book explores the Victorian England’s working class while industrial revolution was..
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India -Volume I of IV
by R.V. RussellThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India is written by Rboert Vane Russell in four volumes, this being the first volume work. This book is the result of the arrangement made by the Government of India, on the suggestion of the late Sir Herbert Risley, for the preparation of an ethnological account dealing with the inhabitant..
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
by Emile DurkheimThe Elementary Forms of the Religious Life is a study of religion as social phenomenon, written by David Émile Durkheim, a Frech Sociologist and philosopher who is remembered as “Father of sociology” who was instrumental in founding modern social science. His notable writings include The Division of Labour in Society, The Rules of Sociologica..
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson TurnerThe Frontier in American History is an essay by the Harward educated American historian Frederick Jackson Turner, whose ideas were prominent to the forming of Frontier thesis. Best known for this work, his other notable writings include “Rise of the new west”, “Social Forces in American History”, "Is Sectionalism in America Dying ..
The Red Record
by Ida B. Wells BarnettThe Red Record is a study of causes of lynching in United States written by African-American sociologist Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, who documented lynching in the United States. She has exposed how lynching was used as a way to punish and control blacks in United states by the whites who used lynching as a silent weapon to pull down the blacks w..