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Salem possessed: the social origins of witchcraft

Paul S. Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum 1974 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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  • 9780674785267 (paper)
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  • American: Colonial to 1789
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Maps, Charts, Genealogies (page viii)
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Salem Village in the Seventeenth Century: A Chronolo (page xvii)
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes (page xx)
  • Prologue: What Happened in 1692 (page 1)
  • 1 1692: Some New Perspectives (page 22)
  • 2 In Quest of Community, 1639-1687 (page 37)
  • 3 Afflicted Village, 1688-1697 (page 60)
  • 4 Salem Town and Salem Village: The Dynamics of Factional Conflict (page 80)
  • 5 Two Families: The Porters and the Putnams (page 110)
  • 6 Joseph and His Brothers: A Story of the Putnam Family (page 133)
  • 7 Samuel Parris: A Pilgrim in Bethlehem (page 153)
  • 8 Witchcraft and Social Identity (page 179)
  • Epilogue: To the Eighteenth Century (page 217)
  • Index (page 223)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 80.5 (Dec. 1975): 1381-1382 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197512%2980%3A5%3C1381%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
JAH 61.4 (Mar. 1975): 1077-1079 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28197503%2961%3A4%3C1077%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
WMQ 3.32.1 (Jan. 1975): 137-139 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28197501%293%3A32%3A1%3C137%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
RAH 2.4 (Dec. 1974): 513-518 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28197412%292%3A4%3C513%3ASP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8
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