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Wilson, Lori Lee,

The Salem witch trials / At head of title: How history is invented Lori Lee Wilson. - 112 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map, photographs; 26 cm. - How History is Invented .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-109) and index.

The evolution of witchcraft -- Salem witchcraft-- Divine punishment-- Rationalism vs. witchcraft-- Diagnosing witchcraft-- Feminists and witchcraft-- A modern witch-hunt-- Witch city-- Becoming a historian-- Sources of information-- Index.

Discusses the witchcraft trials in Salem in 1692, the events leading up to them, and how the trials have been viewed by different historians since then.

ISBN: 0822548895

LCCN: 96021371

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Witchcraft--History--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts--Salem
Trials (Witchcraft)--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts--Salem
Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem.
Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Salem (Mass.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Salem (Mass.)--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: BF1575 / .W613 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 133.4/3/097445