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First published 1914

The Challenge of Facts and other Essays

by William Graham Sumner

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1914; Online Library of Liberty edition203 pages

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Author
William Graham Sumner
First published
1914
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
203
Publisher
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1914; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

A large collection of William Graham Sumner's shorter writings, edited by Albert Galloway Keller and published by Yale in 1914. It reprints articles, speeches, and lectures on socialism, economic growth, the social question, legislation, democracy, and sociology, and shows how Sumner applied his social science to the public issues of his time.

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William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) was an American classical liberal social scientist and one of the founding fathers of American sociology. He taught at Yale University, where he wrote his most influential works. This archive holds 8 of Sumner's works.

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  1. WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER (1895)
  2. PREFATORY NOTE
  3. PREFACE
  4. SKETCH OF WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER1 [1889]
  5. THE CHALLENGE OF FACTS1
  6. REPLY TO A SOCIALIST 1 [1904]
  7. WHAT MAKES THE RICH RICHER AND THE POOR POORER?1 [1887]
  8. THE CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH: ITS ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION1 [1902]
  9. INDUSTRIAL WAR1 [1886]
  10. A PARABLE1
  11. THE DEMAND FOR MEN1
  12. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEMAND FOR MEN
  13. WHAT THE “SOCIAL QUESTION” IS
  14. WHAT EMANCIPATES
  15. POWER AND PROGRESS
  16. CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASED SOCIAL POWER
  17. WHAT IS THE “PROLETARIAT”?
  18. WHO WIN BY PROGRESS?
  19. FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON RAILROADS
  20. LEGISLATION BY CLAMOR
  21. THE SHIFTING OF RESPONSIBILITY
  22. THE STATE AS AN “ETHICAL PERSON”
  23. THE NEW SOCIAL ISSUE
  24. SPECULATIVE LEGISLATION
  25. REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT1 [1877]
  26. DEMOCRACY AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT1 [1877]
  27. ADVANCING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES [1896 or 1897]
  28. MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS [1872]
  29. FOR PRESIDENT?1 [1876]
  30. FOREWORD TO “LYNCH-LAW”1 [1905]
  31. FOREWORD TO “THE ANTHRACITE COAL INDUSTRY”1 [1901]
  32. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE TO COURSES IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE [1873]
  33. SOCIOLOGY AS A COLLEGE SUBJECT1 [1906]
  34. THE PREDICAMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY1
  35. ADDRESS OF OTTO T. BANNARD, YALE, 1876
  36. ADDRESS BY HENRY DE FOREST BALDWIN, YALE, 1885
  37. ADDRESS BY ALBERT GALLOWAY KELLER, YALE, 1896
  38. About Liberty Fund
  39. The Online Library of Liberty
  40. Copyright Information
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William Graham Sumner 1840–1910

William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) was an American classical liberal social scientist and one of the founding fathers of American sociology. He taught at Yale University, where he wrote his most influential works. Read more about William Graham Sumner.

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