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

Boyer, Paul; Nissenbaum, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1555531652 / ISBN 13: 9781555531652

Published by Northeastern University Press (edition 2nd), 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Salem-Village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press (edition 2nd)
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555531652
• ISBN 13: 9781555531652
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.