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Salem: Place, Myth and Memory.


Salem: Place, Myth and Memory

Dane Morrison & Nancy Schultz, eds.

Northeastern University Northeastern University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1898 as a program within the Boston YMCA, inc. 1916, university status 1922, fully independent of the YMCA 1948.  Press

360 Huntington Avenue, 416CP

Boston, MA 02115

1555536093 $28.95 www.nupress.neu.edu

Dane Anthony Morrison is a Professor of history at Salem State College
This article is for the state college in Salem, Massachusetts. For other uses see SSC


Salem State College is a four-year public institution of higher learning located in the city of Salem, Massachusetts.
; co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor  
n.
A collaborating or joint author.

tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors
To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . .
 Nancy Lusignan Schultz is Professor in American Studies and English at the same school; so it's a double treat to receive a scholarly discussion of how a sense of place is created and reinterpreted over time using the history of Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts

locale of frenzied assault on supposed witches (1692). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 442; Am. Lit.: The Crucible]

See : Witchcraft
 as the foundation for scholarly examination. Recommended for college-level students of history, sociology and American culture, Salem: Place, Myth And Memory examines its rich history and how people influence the place from literary interpretations to popular culture.
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