The Crucible

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Communist Witch Hunt Books

Online Resources

Communist Witch Hunt Websites

The Cold War Museum: Senator Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism, and the Witch Hunt

The Cold War Museum is dedicated to education, preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

HISTORY.com: Joseph R. McCarthy

The History Channel's article on Joseph McCarthy with links to "more to explore."

Modern American Poetry: About McCarthyism

A University of Illinois Website compiled in part by Ellen Schrecker, professor of American history at Yeshiva University, primarily noted for her work on McCarthyism.

ushistory.org: McCarthyism

The Independence Hall Association (IHA) owns the website ushistory.org, which supports their mission to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history, as well as Philadelphia generally.

Salem Witchcraft Trials Websites

Discovery Education: Salem Witch Trials

This Discovery Education Website provides information on life in 1692 Salem, as well as the story and people involved in the famous trials.

Famous American Trials: The Salem Withcraft Trials of 1692

Famous American Trials is the Web's most visited and most comprehensive collection of essays, images, maps, primary documents, links, and other materials pertaining to sixty-six of the most famous trials of all time, from Socrates to Simpson.

National Geographic: Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

An interactive trip through the hysteria that caused the witch hunt in Salem, offered from the perspective of one of the accused.

Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project

This University of Virginia Website provides access to archives, books & letters, documents, maps, and a list of the people involved with the Salem Witch Trials.

Salem Witch Museum

The official Website of the Salem Witch Museum.

The Salem Witchcraft Site

This Tulane University Website offers information on the setting, chronology, geography, and life in Salem Village during the famous witchcraft trials.

Articles by Arthur Miller

Are You Now or Were You Ever...?

An article written for The Guardian in 2000 about the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s.

Why I Wrote "The Crucible"

An article written for The New Yorker in 1996 about his reasons for writing The Crucible. Click on the article to zoom in or use the "Print" feature at the bottom.