Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of DevianceArgues 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 which deviant behavior fits into the texture of social life generally. -- from publisher's description. |
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The Quaker Invasion | 107 |
The Witches of Salem Village | 137 |
Bibliography | 217 |
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