Salem: Place, Myth, And Memory
by Dane Anthony Morrison /
2015 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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.
