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020			_a9780199578719 _qhbk.
041			_aeng
082			_a133.430973 _bDAV
100			_aDavies, Owen
245		0	_aAmerica bewitched : _bthe story of witchcraft after Salem / _cOwen Davies.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bOxford University Press, _c2013.
300			_aviii, 289 p. ; _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aReveals how witchcraft in post-Salem America was not just a matter of scary fireside tales, Halloween legends, and superstitions: it continued to be a matter of life and death. If anything, witchcraft disputes multiplied as hundreds of thousands of immigrants poured into North America, people for whom witchcraft was still a heinous crime. Tells the story of countless murders and many other personal tragedies that resulted from accusations of witchcraft among European Americans--as well as in Native American and African American communities. For instance, the impact of this belief on Native Americans, as colonists--from Anglo-American settlers to Spanish missionaries--saw Indian medicine men as the Devil's agents, potent workers of malign magic. But also reveals that seventeenth-century Iroquois--faced with decimating, mysterious diseases--accused Jesuits of being plague-spreading witches. The book shows how different American groups shaped each other's languages and beliefs, sharing not only our positive cultural traits, but our fears and weaknesses as well.
650			_aHistory.
650			_aWitchcraft.
650			_aWitch hunting.
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