Publications

The Peace Treaty of Versailles, signed 28 June 1919, ended World War I and included the Covenant of the League of Nations.chevron_right

This work deals with the origins and history of the forces at work in revolutionary epochs, which offers pathbreaking insights on the development of civilization. The chapters deal with 18th Century ...chevron_right

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat is Kautsky's assault on the dictatorship of the proletariat as practiced by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution, and is one of the most controversial docume...chevron_right

Criticizing the theoreticians who believed that revolutions could only take place in "advanced" countries, Luxemburg praises the Russian communists and their leadership for accomplishing the "mighty s...chevron_right

The Balfour Declaration reflected the position of the British Cabinet in 1917 on the state of Jewish Zionist aspirations.chevron_right

Building on and modifying the theories of Karl Marx, Lenin states that imperialism is the highest and final stage of capitalism. Lenin identifies the merging of banks and industrial cartels as giving ...chevron_right

Le Bon set the tone for several decades of research by emphasizing the way that crowds submerge individual identity into the “collective mind” and incite primitive, destructive, and antisocial feeling...chevron_right

The aim of the Berne Convention is to help nationals of its member States obtain international protection of their right to control, and receive payment for, the use of their creative works.chevron_right

The delegates of 15 European States met in Brussels on 27 July 1874 to examine this draft of an international agreement concerning the laws and customs of war submitted to them by the Russian Governme...chevron_right

"The Subjection of Women" offers both detailed argumentation and passionate eloquence in opposition to the social and legal inequalities commonly imposed upon women by a patriarchal culture. Just as i...chevron_right

The Convention between the US and Russia for the cession of the Russian Possessions in North America to the United States was concluded at Washington on 30 March 1867.chevron_right

The Lieber Code of April 1863 was an instruction signed by US President Abraham Lincoln to the Union Forces of the US during the American Civil War which dictated how soldiers should conduct themselve...chevron_right

This work is a detailed discussion of Mill's theories of democracy, which was strongly influenced by Alexis de Tocqueville's "On Democracy in America". Like Tocqueville, Mill feared the "tyranny of th...chevron_right

"On Liberty" addresses the nature and limits of the power that can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.The 'harm principle', a cornerstone of Mill's thought, holds that each indiv...chevron_right

This publication is a transcript of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, delivered on June 16, 1858 in Springfield, Illinois. In his speech, Lincoln argues that the US must become either a nation composed...chevron_right