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Author Mappen, Marc.

Title Witches & historians : interpretations of Salem / edited by Marc Mappen.

Publication Info. Huntington, N.Y. : R. E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1980.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  974.45 M297W    Check Shelf
Description v, 120 pages ; 23 cm.
Series The American problem studies
American problem studies.
Contents A traditional interpretation of witchcraft / John Fiske -- A new interpretation of witchcraft / Lawrence Stone -- Satan's attack on New England / Cotton Mather -- An attack on the trials / Robert Calef -- The lessons of Salem / John Hale -- The afflicted girls were lying / Charles W. Upham -- Some of the witches were guilty / Chadwick Hansen -- A physician diagnoses hysteria / Ernest Caulfield -- A biologist diganoses disease / Linnda R. Caporael -- The disease diagnosis disputed / Nicholas P. Spanos and Jack Gottlieb -- A small chapter in an old superstition / George L. Kittredge -- The Puritans and the witches / Perry Miller -- Underlying themes / John Demos -- Witchcraft and social disruption / Kai T. Erikson -- A clash of two worlds / Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [118]-120.
Subject Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
Salem (Mass.) -- History.
Added Title Witches and historians.
ISBN 0882756532 paperback
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