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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459916703321

Autore

Rapley Robert <1926->

Titolo

Witch hunts [[electronic resource] ] : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay / / Robert Rapley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-86765-2

9786612867651

0-7735-7720-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Disciplina

323.4/9

Soggetti

Civil rights - History

Trials (Witchcraft) - History

Judicial error - History

Terrorism - Political aspects - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Prisoners - Abuse of - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: p. [283]-311.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. Witches and fear of the devil -- The Bamberg and Wurzburg witch hunts, 1626-1630 -- The characteristics of a witch hunt -- The devil in Loudun -- The arbitrary terror of a witch hunt -- The Salem witches -- Hysteria set loose --

Pt. 2. The Dreyfus affair -- If it walks like a duck -- The Scottsboro boys -- The witch hunters -- The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven -- Poer, secrecy, and the witch hunt --

Pt. 3. America after 9/11 -- The president -- Muslim fears -- Guantanamo Bay -- Torture, rendition, and "ghost prisoners" -- The case of Maher Arat -- The shape of things to come.