An outline and source book. The 1919 edition makes no reference to revision to the text so they may be identical. There is a contrast between societies in respect to the relative power Of custom and conventionality. In such societies status, n competition, determines men's relations.
Social consideration depends on one's birth.
Religion is usually ancestor worship, in any case, tribal, exclusive, and non-proselyting. The hereditary principle prevails in government and priesthood, perhaps even in occupations. The family is patriarchal and the patria potestas is well-nigh unlimited. Local customary law prevails. The language differentiates into local and class dialects.