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FOLKWAYS

term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common to a society or culture and are usually called customs. The word provided a useful contribution to the development of the concept of culture and is still used in its technical sense in sociological literature. Fashions in clothing or modes of recreation exemplify folkways. The term has failed to maintain the currency it once enjoyed among the other social sciences but has gained acceptance as a colloquial term. See mores.

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Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
Book by William Graham Sumner; Ginn and Company, 1906
Subjects:	Manners and customs
FOLKWAYS CHAPTER I FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS OF THE FOLKWAYS AND OF THE MORES Definition and mode of origin of the folkways. -- The folkways are a societal force. -- Folkways are made unconsciously. -- Impulse and instinct; primeval stupidity...

A Treasury of Southern Folklore: Stories, Ballads, Traditions, and Folkways of the People of the South
Book by B. A. Botkin; Crown Publishers, 1949
Subjects:	Folklore--Southern States, Southern States--Social Life And Customs
...epochs, or groups. Such ways and folkways were, of course, first of all American...proverb, and saying, and includes the folkways of institutions that serve as a focus...or revival have been basic to Southern folkways and folklore, combining folk ritual...

Folkways in Thomas Hardy
Book by Ruth A. Firor; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931
Subjects:	Dorset (England)--Social Life And Customs, Fiction, Folklore--England--Dorset, Hardy, Thomas--1840-1928
Folkways in THOMAS HARDY by Ruth A. Firor 1931 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS Philadelphia

Colonial Folkways: A Chronicle of American Life in the Reign of the Georges
Book by Charles M. Andrews; Yale University Press, 1919
Subjects:	United States--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, United States--Social Life And Customs--To 1775
COLONIAL FOLKWAYS

The Pattern of Politics: The Folkways of a Democratic People
Book by J. Salter T.; Macmillan, 1940
Subjects:	Democracy, Politics, Practical, United States--Politics And Government
The Pattern of Politics The Folkways* of a Democratic People By J. T. SALTER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NEW YORK The Macmillan Company 1940*

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Appalachian Folkways
Journal article by Melanie Beals Goan; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 72, 2006
Subjects:	Appalachian Folkways (Book), Books--Book reviews
Appalachian Folkways. by Melanie Beals Goan Appalachian Folkways. By John B. Rehder. Creating the North American Landscape...9.) John B. Rehder begins his study, Appalachian Folkways, with an ambitious goal: to depict mountain culture...

Appalachian Folkways
Journal article by Carol Ann Gillespie; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects:	Appalachian Folkways (Book), Books--Book reviews
Appalachian Folkways. by Carol Ann Gillespie Appalachian Folkways. By John B. Rehder. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins...hardback. ISBN: 0-8018-7879-9. In Appalachian Folkways, geographer John B. Rehder succinctly summarizes the...

Political Folkways and Praying for the Dead in Muscovy: Reconsidering Edward Keenan's "slight" against the Church
Journal article by Russell E. Martin; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects:	Behavior, Marriage, Nonfiction, Religion, Russian history
Political Folkways and Praying for the Dead in Muscovy...Edward L. Keenans "Muscovite Political Folkways" was a classic long before it appeared...thoughts on Russian cultural history, "Folkways" offered what was then an entirely new...

Foxhunting Folkways under Fire and the Crisis of Traditional Moral Knowledge
Journal article by Eric A. Eliason; Western Folklore, Vol. 63, 2004
Subjects:	Ethnology, Folklore, Foxes, Hunting, Traditions
...quintessentially English folkway, scant ethnographic...representation on a folkway as high profile as foxhunting...widespread, that perhaps the folkways of foxhunting have remained...it is the case that folkways are worthy of recognition...certainly qualifies. When a folkway meets these criteria...

Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
Journal article by Robert Carl Metil; Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 42, 2010
Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways by Robert Carl Metil Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways. 2010. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40198. Compiled and annotated by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff...

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Pure Roots: The Smithsonian Has Reawakened Folkways Records, a Peerless Repository of Our Native Music
Magazine article by Tom Piazza; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 275, April 1995
Subjects:	Folk music, Folkways Records--History, Smithsonian Folkways--Management, Sound recordings
...Roots: The Smithsonian Has Reawakened Folkways Records, a Peerless Repository of Our...Smithsonian Institution, in 1987--Folkways Records was, in all its faintly shabby...political documentaries. In its last years Folkways languished somewhat, owing to spotty...

Smithsonian Folkways Works with Alexander Street Press
Magazine article; Computers in Libraries, Vol. 25, March 2005
Smithsonian Folkways Works with Alexander Street Press Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Alexander Street Press announced an agreement to publish the entire Smithsonian Global Sound as a streaming music service to libraries worldwide. The partnership...

Smithsonian CDs
Magazine article by Gene Santoro; The Nation, Vol. 261, August 14, 1995
Subjects:	Folk music--Distribution, Folkways Records--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Recording industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Rounder Records Corp.--Joint ventures, Smithsonian Institution--Joint ventures, Sound recording industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments
...whether they knew him or not, who founded Folkways Records with Marian Distler that year...Asch kept his catalogue in print. Folkways became a trademark that still conjures...released four-CD set on Smithsonian Folkways of his final recording sessions, marks...

'The Smithsonian Blues.'
Magazine article by Eric Alterman; The Nation, Vol. 266, June 29, 1998
Subjects:	Folkways Records--History, Recording industry--History, Smithsonian Institution--Management, Sound recording industry--History
...the latter was fashionable, founded Folkways Records on May Day, 1948. He had told...sound it makes, what it creates." Folkways released 2,168 albums--about one...Anthology. Following Aschs death in 1986 the Folkways catalogue moved to the Smithsonian Institution...

A Sense of Place: William R. Ferris Talks with David Hackett Fischer
Magazine article by William R. Ferris; Humanities, Vol. 20, July 1999
Subjects:	Fischer, David Hackett, Historians, History, Regionalism, United States
...facts of the American Revolution and the folkways of New England. Paul Reveres ride...Albions Seed, you define four distinct folkways that were brought over by the early settlers...colonies. What exactly do you mean by folkways? FISCHER: To me, folkways are the...

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A Music Revival
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 11, 2007
...Manalac, were the featured music group in Folkways 07 held recently at the University of...campus in the Diliman of the 1960s. Folkways, as a music fest, was the idea of Erwin...Jr. * Through the years, the Folkways** repertoire were further roused by the...

Strathmore cELLAbrates; Concert Honors Ella Jenkins
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 2, 2006
Subjects:	Seeger, Pete--Appreciation
...Chicago-based songstress whose 28 recordings on Smithsonian Folkways since 1957 have delighted generations of children. "If its...songs." Mr. Seeger, 86, who has recorded some 60 titles on Folkways himself, has, like Miss Jenkins, earned a Lifetime Achievement...

There's No Holding Back with Spirituals; Faith Expressed with Fervor through Music
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 8, 2004
Subjects:	Howard University
...and Virginia; and the Richard Allen Singers. Smithsonian Folkways 40076. Recordings: Sacred Harp and Shaker singing * American...Mississippi (1970): 2-cassette set or 2-CD set. Smithsonian Folkways F-4151. * Sacred Harp Singing: From the Library of Congress...

Festival Gathers 'Family of Man' to Share Traditions: Focus on 2 Nations and New Hampshire
Newspaper article by Raymond M. Lane; The Washington Times, June 17, 1999
Subjects:	New Hampshire
...plenty of food and pretty good music, interesting crafts and folkways. But underneath theres a timeless message, something worth...Perez and Friends, marking the release of a new Smithsonian Folkways Recording, "Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music From South...

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 27, 2002
...ARTISTS The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan (Smithsonian Folkways) Capturing the rich diversity of the Silk Road on two...discs is a nearly impossible task, but this Smithsonian Folkways collection manages the job quite nicely, with a mix...

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encyclopedia articles on: Folkways - 10 results

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Folkways
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOLKWAYS term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common...Fashions in clothing or modes of recreation exemplify folkways. The term has failed to maintain the currency it...

Mores
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...William Graham Sumner to designate those folkways that if violated, result in extreme...although mores are fewer in number than folkways, they are more coercive. Negative mores...or philosophical sanctions. Whereas folkways guide human conduct in the more mundane...

Sumner, William Graham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...did valuable work in charting the evolution of human customs folkways and mores . He concluded that the power of these forces, developed...ones own group in comparison with others. His major work was Folkways (1907). The massive Science of Society by Sumner and Albert...

Custom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...social or religious sphere it leads to ethics , and when enforced in the sphere of rights and duties, custom leads to law . See folkways ; mores . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...

Andrews, Charles Mclean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Government, 1652 1689 (1904, repr. 1968; in the "American Nation" series), The Fathers of New England (1919) and Colonial Folkways (1919; both in the "Chronicles of America" series), and The Colonial Background of the American Revolution (1924, repr...

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