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Society Culture
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ITIIC Historical Social Sciences Library - Society, Culture & Ancient Worlds
The ITIIC Historical Social Sciences Library is a digital collection of 93 public-domain books by 117 authors, focused on historical perspectives on society and culture. Its four categories—Society Culture, Anthropology, Social Conditions, and Customs Everyday Life—offer distinct lenses on human interaction. With Social Conditions as the largest (53 books) and Anthropology the smallest (2), the catalogue balances breadth with depth. Readers can approach the collection by topic, by comparing categories, or by exploring how different works address similar social questions. This overview helps orient researchers to the library's scope and organization.
93 public-domain works117 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.
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Social Conditions
Early British trackways, moats, ...
Authored by Authors: Watkins, Alfred, 1855-1935, 'Early British trackways, moats, ...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Social Conditions category. Alfred Watkins's 1921 lecture proposes that prehistoric British trackways, known as 'leys,' were aligned in straight lines linking mounds, moats, camps, and churches. Drawing on fieldwork in Herefordshire, he argues these alignments predate Roman roads and influenced place names, offering a systematic method for identifying ancient sighting points. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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Archeological investigations in ...
In Anthrop...
Excavations at the LoDaisKa Site...
In Society...
The horrors of the Negro slavery...
In Social ...
A definition of social work: A t...
In Society...
Narrative of Henry Watson, a fug...
In Social ...
The Emeryville Shellmound — A Cl...
In Social ...
The Native Races of British Nort...
In Anthrop...
The Caddo Indians of Louisiana —...
In Society...
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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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