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Wollstonecraft first defended the rights of men in response to Burke’s pamphlet on the French Revolution, then turned to the rights of woman a couple of years later. It is one of the key texts of modern feminist thought.

A classic analysis of imperialism by a British economic journalist who explores the way in which mercantile interests in the home country can manipulate the power of the state in order to get benefits in the colony.

This is a detailed and meticulous edition of Magna Carta with each clause in the original Latin, followed by an English translation and heavily annotated by the editor.

A stand-alone version of “The Republic” taken from Volume 3 of a 5 volume edition of Plato by the great English Victorian Greek scholar, Benjamin Jowett. The scholarly apparatus is immense and detailed. The online version preserves… more

The companion volume to the great Victorian English Greek scholar Benajmin Jowett’s translation of Paul’s Epistles. It contains many essays on the interpretation of scripture, prophecy, natural religion, faith, sin, atonement, etc.

A facsimile of the original 1609 edition of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint accompanied by a lengthy scholarly introduction.

The Code of Hammurabi is a collection of the King of Babylon’s laws which were inscribed on stone columns towards the end of his reign. The 282 case laws include economic provisions (prices, tariffs, trade, and commercial… more

A lengthy and belated reply to Malthus by the radical individualist Godwin. Whereas Malthus took a pessimistic view of the pressures of population growth, Godwin was more optimistic about the capacity of people to limit the growth of… more

This is the “Federal Edition” of Thomas Jefferson’s complete works, carefully collected and edited by Paul Leicester Ford between 1904 and 1905. Originally published in New York and London by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, this 12-volume set… more

A 3 volume collection of the records of the Federal Convention which was held in Philadelphia between May and September 1787. The sessions were secret but the proceedings were reconstructed from notes kept by the official secretary… more

In Democracy in America (1835) the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville interpreted American society through the lens of democratic political theory. A half-century later the Scotsman James Bryce examined “the institutions and the people… more

A two volume collection of sermons written between 1730-1805 by people such as Jonathan Mayhew, John Wesley, Moses Mather, John Witherspoon, Richard Price, Jonathan Edwards, and Noah Webster.

An 11 volume collection of the works of Jeremy Bentham edited by the philosophic radical and political reformer John Bowring. For a complete list of the titles in The Works of Jeremy Bentham see this page.

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Rousseau’s classic work on the philosophy and practice of education. Emile’s tutor attempts to show how a young person can be brought up to fulfill their innate natural goodness in a corrupt society.

As with other respondents to Johnson’s Taxation No Tyranny, the author of this pamphlet takes on Johnson’s towering literary reputation head on, asserting in his second sentence, “The very title of your pamphlet is delusion.” The… more

In this speech, Burke argued that Americans were Englishmen who had carried with them the most ardent sentiments in favor of liberty, and, however contradictory, even those who held slaves, were among the most ardent of all. He made… more

This essay is a political pamphlet engaging with the legacy and controversy surrounding the Treaty of Paris (1763), which brought the Seven Years' War to a close. The author undertakes a reasoned assessment of the peace settlement’s… more

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

It is widely accepted that the pseudonym Americanus was used here to protect the identity of Caleb Evans, the Welsh Baptist theologian and educator. The pamphlet examines the contested matter of British taxes on the American… more

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

The anonymous author of this pamphlet takes care to remind the reader of his title page that he is also the author of a pamphlet titled Regulus. This time he, like many of his contemporaries, has been moved to write in response to… more

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

Published in London in 1774, this essay is a polemical pamphlet written anonymously by Arthur Lee (though sometimes attributed to William Henry Drayton). It was written as a direct rebuttal to Sir Egerton Leigh, attorney general of… more

This essay is a political pamphlet — part of the broader pamphlet debate over British colonial policy in the years leading up to the American Revolution — in which Pownall attempts to draw a principled constitutional line between… more

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.