{"product_id":"the-specter-of-salem-9780226005430","title":"The Specter of Salem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Imaginative and thoughtful.... Thought-provoking, informative, and convincingly presented, The Specter of Salem is an often spellbinding mix of politics, cultural history, and public historiography.\" - New England Quarterly \"This well-researched book, forgoing the usual heft of scholarly studies, is not another interpretation of the Salem trials, but an important major work within the scholarly literature on the witch-hunt, linking the hysteria of the period to the evolving history of the American nation. A required acquisition for academic libraries.\" - Choice, Outstanding Academic Title 2009\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399913349463,"sku":"9780226005430","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226005430.jpg?v=1730469115","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-specter-of-salem-9780226005430","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}