Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory

MORRISON, Dane Anthony and Nancy Lusignan Schultz (eds)

ISBN 10: 1555536093 / ISBN 13: 9781555536091

Published by Northeastern University Press, 2004, 2004

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Hbk 348pp illustrated a new and unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked in dj in in protective sleeve as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555536093
• ISBN 13: 9781555536091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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 history of Salem, Massachusetts, and the experiences of fourteen generations of people who lived in a place mythologized in the public imagination by the horrific witch trials and executions of 1692 and 1693.

But from its settlement in 1626 to the present, Salem was, and is, much more than this. In this volume, contributors from a variety of fields examine Salem's multiple urban identities: frontier outpost of European civilization, cosmopolitan seaport, gateway to the Far East, refuge for religious diversity, center for education, and of course, "Witch City" tourist attraction.

About the Author

DANE ANTHONY MORRISON is Professor and former chair of the History Department at Salem State College. He is the author of A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission, 1600-1690. NANCY LUSIGNAN SCHULTZ is Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in English and American Studies at Salem State College. She is the author of Fire and Roses: The Burning of the Charlestown Convent, 1834.