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Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals by William Graham Sumner
This century-old classic of sociology offers thousands of illustrations of the social, sexual, and religious customs of ancient Greece and Rome, Africa, Australia, Melanesia, Japan, China, India, as well as medieval Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and modern Western civilization in Europe and America. Subjects include labor, wealth, slavery, cannibalism, marriage, education, and many other absorbing topics.
Table of Contents for Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals
| CHAPTER | | I. FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS OF THE FOLKWAYS AND OF THE MORES | | II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORES | | III. THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE | | IV. "LABOR, WEALTH" | | V. SOCIETAL SELECTION | | VI. SLAVERY | | VII. "ABORTION, INFANTICIDE, KILLING THE OLD" | | VIII. CANNIBALISM | | IX. SEX MORES | | X. THE MARRIAGE INSTITUTION | | XI. THE SOCIAL CODES | | XII. INCEST | | XIII. "KINSHIP, BLOOD REVENGE, PRIMITIVE JUSTICE, PEACE UNIONS" | | XIV. UNCLEANNESS AND THE EVIL EYE | | XV. THE MORES CAN MAKE ANYTHING RIGHT AND PREVENT CONDEMNATION OF ANYTHING | | XVI. "SACRAL HARLOTRY, CHILD SACRIFICE" | | XVII. "POPULAR SPORTS, EXHIBITIONS, DRAMA" | | XVIII. ASCETICISM | | XIX. "EDUCATION, HISTORY" | | XX. "LIFE POLICY, VIRTUE VS. SUCCESS" | | "LIST OF BOOKS (Works are under the name of the author, or the leading word of the title)." | | INDEX |
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