Salem-Village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England

by PaulBoyer (Editor), StephenNissenbaum (Editor), Paul Boyer (Editor), Stephen Nissenbaum (Editor), Paul Boyer (Author), Stephen Nissenbaum (Author)

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1993
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Few episodes in American history have aroused such intense and continued interest as the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. This volume draws exclusively on primary documents to reveal the underlying conflicts and tensions that caused that small, agricultural settlement to explode with such dramatic force.

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Few episodes in American history have aroused such intense and continued interest as the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. This volume draws exclusively on primary documents to reveal the underlying conflicts and tensions that caused that small, agricultural settlement to explode with such dramatic force.

$45.48

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 24 Oct 1993
ISBN 10: 1555531652
ISBN 13: 9781555531652

Author Bio

PAUL BOYER is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. STEPHEN NISSENBAUM is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. They are co-authors of Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft and The Salem Witchcraft Papers: Verbatim Transcripts.