Wayward Puritans : a study in the sociology of deviance / Kai T. Erikson.
Argues that deviant forms of behavior are often a valuable resource in society, providing a point of contrast which is necessary for the maintenance of a coherent social order. Uses the Puritan settlement in seventeenth-century Massachusetts, and records of the Bay colony, to illustrate the way in w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wiley,
1966.
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Main Collection
| Call Number: |
BX9355 .E7 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |