| Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals Contributor(s): Sumner, William Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602067589 ISBN-13: 9781602067585 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $32.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: William Graham Sumner was an influential professor of sociology and politics at Yale College and president of the American Sociological Association from 1908 to 1909, and it was in this early classic textbook of sociology, first published in 1906, that he coined the term folkways, to denote the habits and customs of a society. He fully explores the concept here, examining their influence on: the struggle for existence labor and wealth slavery abortion, infanticide, and the killing of the elderly cannibalism sex and marriage blood revenge and primitive justice sacral harlotry and child sacrifice popular sports and drama education and history and much more. American academic and author WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER (1840-1910) wrote numerous and varied books including Andrew Jackson as a Public Man (1882) and What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Social Science | Sociology - General - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 390 |
| Physical Information: 1.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.94 lbs) 704 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William Graham Sumner was an influential professor of sociology and politics at Yale College and president of the American Sociological Association from 1908 to 1909, and it was in this early classic textbook of sociology, first published in 1906, that he coined the term folkways, to denote the habits and customs of a society. He fully explores the concept here, examining their influence on: -the struggle for existence -labor and wealth -slavery -abortion, infanticide, and the killing of the elderly -cannibalism -sex and marriage -blood revenge and primitive justice -sacral harlotry and child sacrifice -popular sports and drama -education and history -and much more. American academic and author WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER (1840-1910) wrote numerous and varied books including Andrew Jackson as a Public Man (1882) and What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883). |
