Author:William Graham Sumner
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| ←Author Index: Su | William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) |
| American academic at the Yale University; 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." |
Works[edit]
- A history of American currency (1874) (external scan)
- Bimetallism (1879) (external scan)
- Andrew Jackson (1882) (external scan)
- What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)
- Lectures on the history of protection in the United States (1883) (external scan)
- Problems in political economy (1884) (external scan)
- Protectionism, the -ism which teaches that waste makes wealth (1885) (external scan)
- Alexander Hamilton (1890) (external scan)
- The financier and the finances of the American revolution (1891) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- Robert Morris (1892) (external scan)
- A History of Banking in the United States (1896) (transcription project)
- The predominant issue … (1901) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 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 scan)
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, 24 (December 1883)
- "What Makes the Rich Richer and the Poor Poorer" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (January 1887)
- "What Is Civil Liberty?" in Popular Science Monthly, 35 (July 1889)
- "The Proposed Dual Organization of Mankind" in Popular Science Monthly, 49 (August 1896)
Works about 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, 1925 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.
