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Salem Possessed; the Social Origins of Witchcraft by Boyer, Paul S; Nissenbaum, Stephen is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Stark Immediacy Of What Happened In 1692 Has Obscured The Complex Web Of Human Passion Which Had Been Growing For More Than A Generation Before Building Toward The Climactic Witch Trials. Salem Possessed Explores The Lives Of The Men And Women Who Helped Spin That Web Adn Who In The End Found Themselves Entangled In It.--page 4 Of Cover. 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. [by] Paul Boyer And Stephen Nissenbaum. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Who reads Salem Possessed; the Social Origins of Witchcraft?

Author

Boyer, Paul S; Nissenbaum, Stephen

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674785267

Category

history

Subjects

Sociology, History, Psychology

Rating

3.81 / 5 (774 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14