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Sumner, William Graham
Born: 1840 AD
Died: 1910 AD, at 70 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Economists, Educators
Died: 1910 AD, at 70 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Economists, Educators
US economist and sociologist
advocate of Social Darwinism
wrote "Folkways" 1907 (attributing cultural mores to biological drives, as irrational obstacles to societal progress), 4-volume collected notes "The Science of Society" 1927-1928
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History of American Currency: With Chapters on the English Bank Restriction&Austrian Paper Money by William Graham Sumner (Hardcover - Dec 25, 1968) |
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Address of William G. Sumner ... at dinner of the Committee on Tariff Reform of the Reform Club in the City of New York, June 2nd, 1906 (Series 1906) by William Graham Sumner (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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