Ghosts: A Social History By Davies, Owen (ed.) From the
publisher’s website: Despite the scientific and intellectual
advances of the past five hundred years, populist belief in the
supernatural, as evidenced by media investigations into the
paranormal, continues to be culturally and socially relevant.
Throughout history, ghost beliefs have been a source of literary
inspiration and learned investigation. They prompted public
panics and scandals, and have been manipulated for political and
religious purposes. This five-volume reset edition draws
together representative and defining printed sources to reveal
changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from
the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and
America. In the face of growing scholarly interest in the
history of ghosts, this groundbreaking edition is the first
documentary survey of the field from the early modern era
through to the industrial age. Sources have been chosen to
present a clear chronological story of continuiti