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American sociologist (1840–1910)
Also known as: William G. Sumner, William Sumner, Уильям Грэм Самнер, ويليام سمنر, 윌리엄 그레이엄 섬너, ウィリアム・グレアム・サムナー
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- Folkways (1906)
- The financier and the finances of the American Revolution (1891)
- Lectures on the history of protection in the United States (1877)
- Andrew Jackson (1882)
- What social classes owe to each other (1883)