Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Imporance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

vii, 692 pp. Green boards. CONTENTS: Fundamental Notions of the Folkways and of the Mores; Characteristics of the Mores; The Struggle for Existence; Labor, Wealth; Societal Selection; Slavery; Abortion, Infanticide, Killing the Old; Cannibalism; Sex Mores; The Marriage Institution; The Social Codes; Incest; Kinship, Blood Revenge, Primitive Justice, Peace Unions; Uncleanness and the Evil Eye; The Mores Can Make Anything Right and Prevent Condemnation of Anything; Sacral Harlotry, Child Sacrifice; Popular Sports, Exhibitions, Drama; Asceticism; Education, History; Life Policy, Virtue vs. Sucess; List of Books; Index.