- The Declaration of Independence
- Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man
- Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, The Woman that Never Evolved
- Marvin Harris, Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
- John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
- Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations
- Jean Jacques Rousseau, Second Discourse
- B. F. Skinner, Walden Two
- Anthony F. C. Wallace, The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
- Cornel West, Race Matters
- Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Speeches
- Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" (1863)
- Woodrow Wilson, "The world must be made safe for democracy" (1917)
These works, all taught previously, may also be used in the course:
- Lila Abu-Lighod, Veiled Sentiments
- Friedrich Engels, Socialism, Utopian and Scientific
- The Federalist Papers (#10 and #51 or others)
- Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
- Martin Luther King, Jr., "I have a dream" (1963)
- Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government
- Machiavelli, The Prince
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
- Stanley Milgram, Obedience to Authority
- Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
This list was prepared by Lawrence's social science faculty and revised in March of 2007. There are five divisional lists, and the syllabus for Freshman Studies must include at least one work from each of them.
