Well, it hasn't actually shown up but I have been using the early 1900 original and have loaned it out to a beginning social science person. It isn't really a directional book but presents various cultures in a general overview. What originally brought me to it was the respect given to each culture which has strongly affected my 40 years of a traveling mental health counselor. Respect for the people and the 'tribe' is essential to fit in a way that opens the doors. To me, it's a masterpiece and now quite proven for more than 60 years of upgrades and sales.

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Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals Paperback – 1 September 2007
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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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- PublisherCosimo Classics
- Publication date1 September 2007
- Dimensions14.61 x 3.81 x 22.23 cm
- ISBN-101602067589
- ISBN-13978-1602067585
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- Publisher : Cosimo Classics
- Publication date : 1 September 2007
- Language : English
- Print length : 704 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1602067589
- ISBN-13 : 978-1602067585
- Item weight : 882 g
- Dimensions : 14.61 x 3.81 x 22.23 cm
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