Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft Essay -- essays rese

Salem Possessed The Social Origins of Witchcraft, capital of Minnesota Boyer andStephen Nissenbaum, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press copyright1974.The purpose of this book was to examine the muniment and mixer life of Salem Village to try to figure out what was the author of the events that occurred there. I believe that the authors achieved their objective at least they did to me. Boyer and Nissenbaums explanation for the eruption of witchcraft accusations in Salem hinges on an understanding of the economic,political and face-to-face issues which divided village long before 1692. At bottom, geography and history divided Salem Village and Salem Town. Situated in the intragroup from the bustling mercantile town of Salem, Salem Village remained primarily an rural community. Boyer andNissenba...