02771nam 2200721Ia 450 991045991670332120200520144314.01-282-86765-297866128676510-7735-7720-3(CKB)2670000000080737(OCoLC)716069048(CaPaEBR)ebrary10424263(SSID)ssj0000444835(PQKBManifestationID)11287379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444835(PQKBWorkID)10480916(PQKB)10148562(CEL)433040(CaBNvSL)slc00225523(MiAaPQ)EBC3271301(MiAaPQ)EBC3332036(Au-PeEL)EBL3332036(CaPaEBR)ebr10558985(CaONFJC)MIL286765(OCoLC)923233886(EXLCZ)99267000000008073720071121d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWitch hunts[electronic resource] from Salem to Guantanamo Bay /Robert RapleyMontreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc20071 online resource (324 p.) 0-7735-3186-6 Includes bibliographical references: p. [283]-311.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.Civil rightsHistoryCase studiesTrials (Witchcraft)HistoryCase studiesJudicial errorHistoryCase studiesTerrorismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesTerrorismUnited StatesPreventionPrisonersAbuse ofHistoryElectronic books.Civil rightsHistoryTrials (Witchcraft)HistoryJudicial errorHistoryTerrorismPolitical aspectsTerrorismPrevention.PrisonersAbuse ofHistory.323.4/9Rapley Robert1926-977081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459916703321Witch hunts2225837UNINA