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Folkways : a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners, customs, mores, and morals / by William Graham Sumner.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (autograph, November, 1973) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 692 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Ginn and Company, 1906.
- Contents:
- Fundamental notions of the folkways and of the mores
- Characteristics of the mores
- The struggle for existence
- Labor, wealth
- Societal selection
- Slavery
- Abortion, infanticide, killing the old
- Cannibalism
- Sex mores
- The marriage institution
- The social codes
- Incest
- Kinship, blood revenge, primitive justice, peace unions
- Uncleanness and the evil eye
- The mores can make anything right and prevent condemnation of anything
- Sacral harlotry, child sacrifice
- Popular sports, exhibitions, drama
- Asceticism
- Education, history
- Life policy, virtue vs. success.
- Notes:
- Prefatory note signed: A.G. Keller.
- "Copyright, 1906, by WIlliam Graham Sumner"--verso of title page.
- "The Athenaeum Press. Ginn and Company. Proprietors, Boston. U.S.A."--verso of title page.
- Includes index.
- "List of books cited": pages 655-570.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Rare copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- Penn Libraries Rare copy has inscription: "For Ed. with love from Mother Davis. February 9th 1931"
- OCLC:
- 2663013
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