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America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Owen Davies
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Description for America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Paperback. The first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBLL; HRQX2; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354.
America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain 'Remember Salem!' was invoked frequently over the ensuing centuries. As time passed, the trials became a milepost measuring the distance America had progressed from its colonial past, its victims now the righteous and their persecutors the shamed. Yet the story of witchcraft did not end as the American Enlightenment ... Read more
America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain 'Remember Salem!' was invoked frequently over the ensuing centuries. As time passed, the trials became a milepost measuring the distance America had progressed from its colonial past, its victims now the righteous and their persecutors the shamed. Yet the story of witchcraft did not end as the American Enlightenment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198745389
SKU
V9780198745389
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About Owen Davies
Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire. He has written extensively on the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine, including The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts (2007), Grimoires: A History of Magic Books (2009), Paganism: A Very Short Introduction (2011), and Magic: A Very Short Introduction (2012). He is also the editor ... Read more
Reviews for America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Davies tells a highly original story, yet one that makes instant sense. This is a vivid, arresting, insightful book, written with sympathy and human understanding. It extends Davies's reputation as an original thinker in the field, when so much work is derivative or merely illustrative of well-established ideas.
Malcolm Gaskill, Fortean Times
This will be an essential work ... Read more
Malcolm Gaskill, Fortean Times
This will be an essential work ... Read more