Stephen Nissenbaum received his AB from Harvard College, his MA from Columbia University, and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1968, and is currently professor of history there.
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Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which climaxed in the Salem witch trials. ... SEE MORE