A Fever in Salem
A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
Laurie Winn Carlson(Author)
Ivan R Dee, Inc (Publisher)
Published on 20. July 1999
Book
Hardback
215 pages
978-1-56663-253-9 (ISBN)
Description
This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson focuses on the afflicted. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly that the victims suffered from the same disease. "A unique blend of historical epidemiology and sociology." - Katrina L. Kelner, "Science". "Meticulously researched ...the author marshalls her arguments with clarity and persuasive force." - "New Yorker".
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Illustrations
4 b&w maps, 6 b&w charts
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56663-253-9 (9781566632539)
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