William Graham Sumner is remembered primarily as an opponent of
government intervention in social and economic issues. Focusing on
Folkways (1906), this book examines Sumner's fundamental work as a
comparative ethnographer with an appreciation for the rules and
rituals that regulate everyday behavior.
In Folkways, Sumner developed classifications and an array of
sociological concepts that continue to influence the discipline
today. This new book presents key excerpts from Folkways as well as
three of Sumner's other classic essays. It also includes five
original essays by contemporary authorities that explain and
explore Sumner's importance and influence. By linking Sumner's work
to contemporary research about social control, the sociology of
law, and sociological theory, these new essays confirm his status
as a foundational thinker in the field.
Sumner offers an elegant conceptual schema with which to analyze
the moral codes of in- and out-groups. His extensive use of
comparative anthropological data demonstrates a qualitative
methodology that can easily be applied to the analysis of
contemporary American society. This volume includes contributions
by Jonathan B. Imber, Howard G. Schneiderman, and A. Javier
Trevino.
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