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Author: Ivan Bunn ,
Gilbert Geis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780415171090
ISBN 10: 0415171091
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 23 October 1997
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'In addition to its value as a historic record, this book offers a tragic lesson in the extraordinary willingness of people to rely uncritically on tainted information and do awful things.' - Publishers Weekly, December 1997
... a compelling account of the prosecution and execution i 1662 of Amy Denny and Rose Cullender for witchcraft...The account is rich with details.... <br>-Choice <br> Geis, an American criminologist, and Bunn, a local English historian, have combined to write a compelling account of the prosecution and execution in 1612 of Amy Denny and Rise Cullender for witchcraft. ...The account is rich in details.... <br>- Choice, June 1998 <br> Geis and English historian Bunn do an admirable job of recasting the tribulations of the two women in a trial they characterize as rife with error. ... Besides its obvious historical interest, this work is a commentary on uncritical acceptance of information of dubious worth. For large public and academic libraries. <br>- Library Journal, January 1998 <br> In addition to its value as a historic record, this book offers a tragic lesson in the extraordinary willingness of people to rely uncritically on tainted information anddo awful things. <br>- Publisher's Weekly <br>
... a compelling account of the prosecution and execution i 1662 of Amy Denny and Rose Cullender for witchcraft...The account is rich with details.... -Choice Geis, an American criminologist, and Bunn, a local English historian, have combined to write a compelling account of the prosecution and execution in 1612 of Amy Denny and Rise Cullender for witchcraft. ...The account is rich in details.... - Choice, June 1998 Geis and English historian Bunn do an admirable job of recasting the tribulations of the two women in a trial they characterize as rife with error. ... Besides its obvious historical interest, this work is a commentary on uncritical acceptance of information of dubious worth. For large public and academic libraries. - Library Journal, January 1998 In addition to its value as a historic record, this book offers a tragic lesson in the extraordinary willingness of people to rely uncritically on tainted information anddo awful things. - Publisher's Weekly
