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Autor/in | Mixon, Franklin G., Jr. |
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Titel | Homo Economicus and the Salem Witch Trials. |
Quelle | In: Journal of Economic Education, 31 (2000) 2, S.179-84Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0022-0485 |
Schlagwörter | Church Role; Churches; Diseases; Economic Factors; Economics; Higher Education; Religious Factors; Social History; United States History; Massachusetts |
Abstract | Provides background information on the Salem Witch Trials (Salem, Massachusetts) and the medical explanation of the young village girls' behavior in Salem called ergotism (bread poisoning). Presents an economic interpretation of those trials, stating that the ministers employed religious beliefs about witchcraft to maintain their churchs' monopoly and increase church membership. (CMK) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |