[Gutenberg 24253] • Folkways / A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

[Gutenberg 24253] • Folkways / A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
Authors
Sumner, William Graham
Publisher
Dover Publications
Tags
history , philosophy , manners and customs , sociology
ISBN
9780486424965
Date
1906-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.11 MB
Lang
en
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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.