POL 319 Foundations of American Political Thought: Primary Sources, Websites, Speeches, etc.

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"Construction of this archive began September 5, 1995. My goals are eventually to provide at one site the collected works of the major anarchists and an online history of anarchists and anarchist movements worldwide, including a graphics archive. In the Spring 1997 semester, students at the Claremont Colleges began making contributions to Anarchy Archives as part of Political Studies 155,

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Online Sources for European History
Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations

"Explore the Magna Carta of 1215 (one of the four surviving copies), together with a 1225 Magna Carta and Forest Charter authorised by Henry III. Discover Magna Carta in draft form by viewing The Articles of the Barons; view the papal bull that later annulled all the Charter's clauses; and examine a range of rich historical sources relating to Magna Carta's 800 year legacy.

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"The mission of the M.I.A. is to provide a free-to-the-world archive of the works of Marxists and other works relevant to the understanding of Marxism."

Utopian Socialism
Links to the writings and biographies of Utopians and Marxist commentaries on them, and material on 20th century utopian movements and the use of utopian and dystopian visions in literature and political polemics.

Documents in Law, History & Diplomacy

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