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WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER (1902)

FOLKWAYS

A STUDY OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
OF USAGES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS,
MORES, AND MORALS

BY

WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER

Professor of Political and Social Science in Yale University