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Salem possessed; the social origins of witchcraft / Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boyer, Paul S.
Contributor:
Nissenbaum, Stephen.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem.
Witchcraft.
Massachusetts--Salem.
Porter family.
Putnam family.
Hekserij.
Local Subjects:
Hekserij.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xxi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1974.
Contents:
Prologue: What happened in 1692
1692 : some new perspectives
In quest of community, 1639-1687
Afflicted village, 1688-1697
Salem Town and Salem Village : the dynamics of factional conflict
Two families : the Porters and the Putnams
Joseph and his brothers : a story of the Putnam family
Samuel Parris : a pilgrim in Bethlehem
Witchcraft and social identity
Epilogue: To the eighteenth century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Format:
Online version: Boyer, Paul S. Salem possessed.
ISBN:
0674785258
9780674785250
OCLC:
851371

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