Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory

By Dane Anthony Morrison and Nancy Lusignan Schultz

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555538509
• ISBN13: 9781555538507
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher