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- Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Northeastern University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Preface for the General Reader
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Preface for Instructors and Students
- pp. xvii-xx
- 1 | Salem as Frontier Outpost
- pp. 21-42
- 4 | Salem as Athenaeum
- pp. 91-106
- 5 | Salem as Citizen of the World
- pp. 107-128
- 6 | Salem as the Nation’s Schoolhouse
- pp. 129-162
- 7 | Salem as Hawthorne’s Creation
- pp. 163-184
- 8 | Salem as Architectural Mecca
- pp. 185-218
- 9 | Salem as a Global City, 1850–2004
- pp. 219-248
- 10 | Salem as Crime Scene
- pp. 249-282
- 11 | Salem as Witch City
- pp. 283-298
- 13 | Coda: Montage of Brick and Water
- pp. 315-330
- Contributors
- pp. 331-334
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555538514
Related ISBN(s)
9781555538507
MARC Record
OCLC
925423627
Pages
368
Launched on MUSE
2015-10-20
Language
English
Open Access
No