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Folkways / A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals — William Graham Sumner

Folkways / A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

William Graham Sumner

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 728 pages

Folkways is William Graham Sumner's sociological treatise on how customs, usages, manners, mores, and morals shape human conduct. It examines how repeated practices become group habits and moral norms, offering a framework for understanding social order. Listeners interested in sociology and anthropology will find its ideas about the force of custom illuminating.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. FOLKWAYS
  2. A STUDY OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF USAGES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, MORES, AND MORALS
  3. WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER
  4. GINN AND COMPANY
  5. WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER
  6. PREFACE
  7. CONTENTS
  8. FOLKWAYS
  9. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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