Salem possessed :the social origins of witchcraft /[by] Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum.

Name/Title

Salem possessed :the social origins of witchcraft /[by] Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum.

Description

Preface -- Salem Village int he seventeenth century: a chronology -- Abbreviations used in the notes -- 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 -- Index. xxi, 231 p. :ill. ;25 cm.

Book Details

Author

Boyer, Paul S.

Publication Subjects

Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem. Porter family. Putnam family.

Call No.

BF 1576 .B6

ISBN

0674785258

LCCN

73084399 //r78

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Publication Info: Cambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press,1974. *