Salem : place, myth and memory /
A superb collection of essays on Salem's rich history and cultural life over the past four centuries
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Northeastern University Press,
[2004], ©2004
Boston : c2004 Boston : ©2004 Boston : [2004] |
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| Summary: | A superb collection of essays on Salem's rich history and cultural life over the past four centuries How is a sense of place created, imagined, and reinterpreted over time? That is the intriguing question addressed in this comprehensive look at the 400-year, multi-layered history of Salem, Massachusetts, and the experiences of fourteen generations of people who lived in a place forever enshrined, indeed mythologized, in the public imagination by the horrific witch trials and executions of 1692 and 1693. By exploring the rich textures of Salem as a local, national, and global entity from its settling in 1626 to the present, this highly original, cohesive, and teachable collection illuminates how people influence a place and how a place influences its people |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xx, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm xx, 348 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm xx, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm xx, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1555536093 (cloth : alk. paper) 1555536093 1555536506 9781555536091 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781555536091 9781555536503 |