Book #51448

Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England

John Putnam Demos
Book #51448 Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England. John Putnam Demos.

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: Second Printing
Publisher: New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.
ISBN: 0195031318

A second printing in Very Good+ condition with a stamp and price sticker on the front flyleaf and some rubbing to the board edges in a Near Fine dust-jacket with a little soiling.

This book tells the story of witchcraft in early New England through the lens of the people who practiced it. It explores the culture of witchcraft and the reasons why people may have chosen to participate in this ancient practice. The book also looks at the ways in which witchcraft was policed and the ways in which it interacted with other aspects of early New England culture.; 8vo ; 543 pages.

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