000801922 000__ 03868cam\a2200529Ki\4500 000801922 001__ 801922 000801922 005__ 20220613140920.0 000801922 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000801922 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000801922 008__ 171219s2015\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000801922 019__ $$a887097324$$a892579994$$a1007408511$$a1016508802 000801922 020__ $$a9780199890354$$q(electronic book) 000801922 020__ $$a0199890358$$q(electronic book) 000801922 020__ $$a132204533X$$q(electronic book) 000801922 020__ $$a9781322045337$$q(electronic book) 000801922 020__ $$z9780199890347 000801922 020__ $$z019989034X 000801922 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn887812504 000801922 035__ $$a(OCoLC)887812504$$z(OCoLC)887097324$$z(OCoLC)892579994$$z(OCoLC)1007408511$$z(OCoLC)1016508802 000801922 035__ $$a801922 000801922 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dIDEBK$$dEBLCP$$dOCLCQ$$dUKMGB$$dCDX$$dOCLCF$$dOCLCQ$$dCUY$$dYDXCP$$dMERUC$$dOCLCQ 000801922 043__ $$an-us-ma 000801922 049__ $$aISEA 000801922 050_4 $$aKFM2478.8.W5$$bB35 2015eb 000801922 08204 $$a345.744/50288$$223 000801922 1001_ $$aBaker, Emerson W.,$$eauthor. 000801922 24512 $$aA storm of witchcraft :$$bthe Salem trials and the American experience /$$cEmerson W. Baker. 000801922 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2015] 000801922 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 398 pages) :$$billustrations. 000801922 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000801922 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000801922 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000801922 4901_ $$aPivotal moments in American history 000801922 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000801922 5050_ $$aIntroduction: An old valueless cabinet -- Satan's storm -- The city upon a hill -- Drawing battle lines in Salem Village -- The aflicted -- The accused -- The judges -- An inextinguishable flame -- Salem end -- Witch City? -- Appendices. 000801922 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000801922 520__ $$a"Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work. The resulting Salem Witch Trials, culminating in the execution of 19 villagers, persists as one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history. Historians have speculated on a web of possible causes for the witchcraft that stated in Salem and spread across the region-religious crisis, ergot poisoning, an encephalitis outbreak, frontier war hysteria--but most agree that there was no single factor. Rather, as Emerson Baker illustrates in this seminal new work, Salem was "a perfect storm": a unique convergence of conditions and events that produced something extraordinary throughout New England in 1692 and the following years, and which has haunted us ever since. Baker shows how a range of factors in the Bay colony in the 1690s, including a new charter and government, a lethal frontier war, and religious and political conflicts, set the stage for the dramatic events in Salem. Engaging a range of perspectives, he looks at the key players in the outbreak--the accused witches and the people they allegedly bewitched, as well as the judges and government officials who prosecuted them--and wrestles with questions about why the Salem tragedy unfolded as it did, and why it has become an enduring legacy."--Amazon.com viewed on October 9, 2014. 000801922 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000801922 650_0 $$aTrials (Witchcraft)$$zMassachusetts$$zSalem. 000801922 650_0 $$aWitchcraft$$zMassachusetts$$zSalem$$xHistory. 000801922 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBaker, Emerson W.$$tStorm of witchcraft$$z9780199890347$$w(DLC) 2014009692$$w(OCoLC)875404017 000801922 830_0 $$aPivotal moments in American history. 000801922 852__ $$bacq 000801922 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000801922 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=827416$$zOnline Access 000801922 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:801922$$pGLOBAL_SET 000801922 980__ $$aEBOOK 000801922 980__ $$aBIB 000801922 982__ $$aEbook 000801922 983__ $$aOnline 000801922 994__ $$a92$$bISE