Noah Porter versus William Graham Sumner

In January 1879 William Graham Sumner, Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale, assigned as a textbook the popular work by Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology. In a letter to the trustees in June 1880, the president of the college, Noah Porter, objected to the use of the volume. He sug...

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Main Author: Bledstein, Burton J. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [1974]
In: Church history
Year: 1974, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 340-349
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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