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Society Culture
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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IEBEY Historical Social Sciences Library – 100 Public-Domain Books
The IEBEY Historical Social Sciences Library assembles 100 public-domain texts that connect society and culture, anthropology, social conditions, and customs and everyday life. These categories overlap deliberately: a study of urban poverty sits beside an ethnography of Borneo, and a survey of women’s status links to a labor union account. The catalogue’s value lies in these thematic bridges, which invite comparisons across time and place. Reading paths offer practical entry points—for instance, following Jacob Riis’s investigations of New York slums or tracing the evolution of anthropological method. Each book record includes a catalogue note and keywords, helping you navigate related works and build your own connections.
100 public-domain works128 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Anthropology
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Social Conditions
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Customs Everyday Life
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Social Sciences — Editor’s Selection
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Social Conditions
The reformation in Poland — Insi...
Authored by Authors: Fox, Paul, 1874-1961, 'The reformation in Poland — Insi...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Social Conditions category. Examines the economic and social conditions underlying the Reformation in Poland, focusing on church landholding, tax exemptions, and the shifting balance of peasant versus noble estates in the sixteenth century. Discover the unique thematic elements that make this specific work highly regarded.
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Sweated industry and the minimum...
In Social ...
The fields of France — Story, Se...
In Anthrop...
The Aborigines of Australia — Th...
In Customs...
Forty Years of It — Edition Insi...
In Social ...
Concerning Women — A Reader’s Guide
In Social ...
Indians of Lassen Volcanic Natio...
In Customs...
Behind the Scenes in a Hotel — T...
In Social ...
Children of India — Themes and C...
In Customs...
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Begin with Society CultureOpen a focused route to works connected with Society Culture.Explore AnthropologyCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Anthropology.Read through Social ConditionsMove from introductory records to related works in Social Conditions.Browse Customs Everyday LifeUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Customs Everyday Life.
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IEBEY Catalogue oversees the overall structure of this digital library, which includes 100 books and 128 authors across 4 categories. Their role is to maintain the accuracy and completeness of these collections.
