Author:William Graham Sumner
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American academic at the Yale University. He wrote books and essays on a variety of topics and, as a classical liberal, argued against interventionism in foreign affairs and financial markets
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. G. S." |
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Works[edit]
- A history of American currency (1874) external link
- Bimetallism (1879) external link
- Andrew Jackson (1882) external link
- What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)
- Lectures on the history of protection in the United States (1883) external link
- Problems in political economy (1884) external link
- Protectionism, the -ism which teaches that waste makes wealth (1885) external link
- Alexander Hamilton (1890) external link
- The financier and the finances of the American revolution (1891) vol 1, vol 2
- Robert Morris (1892) external link
- A History of Banking in the United States (1896) (page scans)
- The predominant issue … (1901) vol 1, vol 2
- War and Other Essays (1911)
- Earth-Hunger and Other Essays (1913)
- The Challenge of Facts and Other Essays (1914)
- The Forgotten Man and Other Essays (1918)
- Folkways (1907) external link
Contributions to the Encyclopædia Britannica[edit]
- “Jackson, Andrew” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1881.
- “Jackson, Andrew”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911
Articles in Popular Science Monthly[edit]
- "Suggestions on Social Subjects", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 24, December 1883
- "What Makes the Rich Richer and the Poor Poorer", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 30, January 1887
- "What Is Civil Liberty?", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 35, July 1889
- "The Proposed Dual Organization of Mankind", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 49, August 1896
Works about William Graham Sumner[edit]
- “Sumner, William Graham”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911
- “Sumner, William Graham,” in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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