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Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft

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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul Boyer, Stephen NissenbaumSeries:Harvard PaperbacksPublish date:1976-01-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674785267ISBN-10:674785266UPC:9780674785267Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCP9KSV9QA

Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft

Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill.

The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion, individual and organized, which had been growing for more than a generation before the witch trials. Salem Possessed explores the lives of the men and women who helped spin that web and who...
Series: Harvard Paperbacks
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674785267ISBN-10:674785266UPC:9780674785267Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCP9KSV9QA
Boyer, Paul: - Paul Boyer was Merle Curti Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Nissenbaum, Stephen: - Stephen Nissenbaum is a cultural historian.
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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