Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory

Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory
ISBN-10
1555538509
ISBN-13
9781555538507
Series
Salem
Category
History
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2015-04-07
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
Authors
Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Dane Anthony Morrison

Description

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.

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