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Political Thought, Government & International Affairs Library

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The URSOI Political Thought Library is an independent catalogue of ninety public-domain works on government and political life, assembled by the critic Richard Austen. Its focus is practical: making historically significant texts easy to locate and understand. Four overlapping categories—Political Thought, Government, Democracy Rights, and International Affairs—help navigate a range that spans Xenophon and Aristotle, Theodore Roosevelt and Sol Plaatje. Each entry records the Project Gutenberg source, Library of Congress subjects, and an editor’s note, so you know what you are reading and why it matters. No registration is needed; simply browse, download, and read.

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