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Social Studies Genre
Books in the Social Studies genre:
The Chimes (1845)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield
Selections from the Rejected Cartoons: With Descriptive Letterpress and Critical Remarks (1848)
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe (1849)
Humorous drawings and texts explaining Victorian Britain to itself. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Hard Times for These Times (1854)
The utilitarian Mr. Gradgrind manages to destroy his children’s happiness. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
None
The Scouring of the White Horse (1859)
Author(s):
Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Bird’s Eye Views of Society (1864)
A collection of pictures of people gathered together for social events in Victorian England. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Christmas Books (1869)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Charles Keene
John Leech
Breton Folk: An Artistic Tour in Brittany (1880)
A travel book of northern France. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Bird’s Eye Views of Modern Society (1885)
Sixteen illustrations of gatherings of people in mid-nineteenth century society. This appears to be a reprint of Bird’s Eye Views of Society. In a limp cloth binding
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (1897)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Dan Beard
A. B. Frost
Peter Newell
Photographs
Et al
Edmund Burke on Croker & Tammany (1901)
Reprints a speech Twain gave opposing the Tammany Hall candidate for mayor of New York.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
None
A Dog’s Tale (1904)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
W. T. Smedley
The French Decorative Styles (1904)
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Brittain B. Wilson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Various
Christian Science (1907)
A combination of a humorous send-up and a more serious critique of the cult of Mary Baker Eddy. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Susanna and Sue (1909)
Susanna leaves her neglectful husband to stay with the Shakers, and manages to shake him up. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s):
Alice Barber Stephens
N. C. Wyeth
The Revolt: A Play in One Act (1912)
The suffragettes prepare to take over the world. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)
A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Stuart Thomson
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War (1918)
A collection of posters.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
The Three of Salu: Around the Year in Northern Italy (1923)
This volume in the Children of the World series focuses on three children in Northern Italy.
Author(s):
Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
What Is Americanism? (1924)
A civics textbook for schools.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham