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Salem-village witchcraft;: A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England (The American history research series)
Salemvillage witchcraft A documentary record of local conflict in colonial New England - The American history research series Author:Paul S Boyer Few episodes in American history have aroused such intense and continued interest as the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. This volume draws exclusively on primary documents to reveal the underlying conflicts and tensions that caused that small, agricultural settlement to explode with such dramatic force. Offering an extensive and focused ... more »group of source readings, the collection encourages readers to draw conclusions based on the evidence and to participate in the process of historical analysis.« less