What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
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About This Book
William Graham Sumner (October 30, 1840 – April 12, 1910) was a classical liberal (now a branch of "libertarianism" in American political philosophy) American social scientist. He taught social sciences at Yale, where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology. He was one of the most influential teachers at Yale or any major schools. Sumner was a polymath with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. He supported laissez-faire economics, free markets, and the gold standard. He adopted the term "ethnocentrism" to ...
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- WHAT SOCIAL CLASSES OWE TO EACH OTHER
- William Graham Sumner
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- WHAT SOCIAL CLASSES OWE TO EACH OTHER
- INTRODUCTIONToC
- I.ToC
- ON A NEW PHILOSOPHY: THAT POVERTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
- II.ToC
- THAT A FREE MAN IS A SOVEREIGN, BUT THAT A SOVEREIGN CANNOT TAKE "TIPS."
- III.ToC
- THAT IT IS NOT WICKED TO BE RICH; NAY, EVEN, THAT IT IS NOT WICKED TO BE RICHER THAN ONE'S NEIGHBOR
- IV.ToC
- ON THE REASONS WHY MAN IS NOT ALTOGETHER A BRUTE.
- V.ToC
- THAT WE MUST HAVE FEW MEN, IF WE WANT STRONG MEN.
- VI.ToC
- THAT HE WHO WOULD BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF MUST TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
- VII.ToC
- CONCERNING SOME OLD FOES UNDER NEW FACES.
- VIII.ToC
- ON THE VALUE, AS A SOCIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE, OF THE RULE TO MIND ONE'S OWN BUSINESS.
- IX.ToC
- ON THE CASE OF A CERTAIN MAN WHO IS NEVER THOUGHT OF.
- X.ToC
- THE CASE OF THE FORGOTTEN MAN FARTHER CONSIDERED.
- XI.ToC
- WHEREFORE WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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