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> William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner
(
1840
-
1910
) was the leading
American
advocate of
Social Darwinism
. He was a
professor
of
sociology
at
Yale University
. As a sociologist, his major accomplishments were developing the concepts of
diffusion
,
folkways
, and
ethnocentrism
. Sumner's work with folkways led him to conclude that attempts at
reform
were useless. He was a staunch advocate of
laissez-faire
economics.
Quotes
There are two chief things with which government has to deal. They are the property of men and the honor of women.
Sumner, William Graham
Sumner, William Graham
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