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William Graham Sumner
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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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Known works

  • 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)