Specter of Salem - Remembering the Witch Trials in Nineteenth-Century America

Informationen zum Autor Gretchen A. Adams is associate professor of history at Texas Tech University. Klappentext Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many! varied American invocations of Salem! the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Zusammenfassung Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many! varied American invocations of Salem! the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation.

Product details

• Authors: Adams, Gretchen A. Adams, Adams Gretchen A.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780226005416
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00541-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas