Folkways / A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
by William Graham Sumner
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Contents
- Professor of Political and Social Science in Yale University
- Preface
- Fundamental Notions of the Folkways and of the Mores
- Characteristics of the Mores
- Tools, Arts, Language, Money
- 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, and Drama
- Asceticism
- Education, History
- Life Policy. Virtue vs. Success
- List of Books Cited