Salem
Subtitle: place, myth, and memory
By: edited by Dane Anthony Morrison, Nancy Lusignan Schultz.
Contributors: Morrison, Dane Anthony.; Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, 1956-
Publisher: Northeastern University Press; Brand: Northeastern; Northeastern
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Group identity -- Massachusetts -- Salem.; Human geography -- Massachusetts -- Salem.; Salem (Mass.) -- History.; Salem (Mass.) -- Social conditions.; Salem (Mass.) -- Intellectual life.; Salem (Mass.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
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, multi-layered history of Salem, Massachusetts, and the experiences of fourteen generations of people who lived in a place forever enshrined, indeed mythologized, in the public imagination by the horrific witch trials and executions of 1692 and 1693. By exploring the rich textures of Salem as a local, national, and global entity from its settling in 1626 to the present, this highly original, cohesive, and teachable collection illuminates how people influence a place and how a place influences its people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.