Author:William Graham Sumner

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William Graham Sumner
(1840–1910)

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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 Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "W. G. S."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. G. S."

Works

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

"Jackson, Andrew," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 13) (1881)
"Jackson, Andrew," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

Works about Sumner

"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)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and 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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