19th Century · English
Earth-Hunger and Other Essays
Earth-Hunger and Other Essays, by William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Prefatory Noteprose
- 03Autobiographical Sketch of William Graham Sumnerprose
- 04The Teacher’s Unconscious Successprose
- 05The Scientific Attitude of Mindprose
- 06Earth Hunger or the Philosophy of Land Grabbing [1896]prose
- 07Purposes and Consequencesprose
- 08Rightsprose
- 09Equalityprose
- 10The First Steps Toward a Millennium [1888]prose
- 11Liberty 1887-1889, What Is CIVIL Liberty? [1889]prose
- 12The History of the Dogma of Natural Libertyprose
- 13Liberty in History and Institutionsprose
- 14Is Liberty a Lost Blessing? [1887]prose
- 15Who Is Free?, Is It the Savage?prose
- 16Who Is Free? Is It the Civilized Man?prose
- 17Who Is Free? Is It the Millionaire?prose
- 18Who Is Free? Is it the Tramp?prose
- 19Liberty and Responsibilityprose
- 20Liberty and Lawprose
- 21Liberty and Disciplineprose
- 22Liberty and Propertyprose
- 23Liberty and Opportunityprose
- 24Liberty and Laborprose
- 25Does Labor Brutalize?prose
- 26Liberty and Machineryprose
- 27The Disappointment of Libertyprose
- 28Fantasies and Facts, Some Points in the New Social Creedprose
- 29An Examination of a Noble Sentimentprose
- 30The Banquet of Lifeprose
- 31Some Natural Rightsprose
- 32The Abolition of Povertyprose
- 33The Boon of Natureprose
- 34Land Monopolyprose
- 35A Group of Natural Monopoliesprose
- 36Another Chapter on Monopolyprose
- 37The Family Monopolyprose
- 38The Family and Propertyprose
- 39The State and Monopolyprose
- 40Democracy and Plutocracyprose
- 41Definitions of Democracy and Plutocracyprose
- 42The Conflict of Plutocracy and Democracyprose
- 43Democracy and Modern Problemsprose
- 44Separation of State and Marketprose
- 45Social War in Democracyprose
- 46Economics and Politics [1905]prose
- 47The Power and Beneficence of Capital [1899]prose
- 48Sociological Fallacies [1884]prose
- 49What Our Boys Are Reading [1880]prose