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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 306.6859 EAN: 9780205424030 Edition: Revised ISBN: 0205424031 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: October 01, 2004 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This book uses the Puritan settlement in 17th-century Massachusetts as a setting in which to examine several ideas about deviant behavior in society. Combining sociology and history, Erikson draws on the records of the Bay Colony to illustrate the way in which deviant behavior fits in the texture of social life generally. The main argument of Wayward Puritans is 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - An excellent and interesting insight into the nature of devianceI read this book at the beginning of a class I took while a Sociology major at UCLA, the Sociology of Deviance. It was a life-changing experience for me because it blew my mind so much, and this book was instrumental in that. What made it most interesting, I thought, was that it discussed deviance using the example of the Puritans, which every American has some knowledge of, especially all the witch hunts. So using a story that everyone knows, it systematically blows apart all your preconceptions ... Read More 
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