Bartholomew, Robert E. <br/><br/>
A Colorful History of Popular Delusions. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (274 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rumor and Gossip: "Psssst" -- Chapter 2: Fads: The Next Big Thing -- Chapter 3: Crazes: Going Overboard -- Chapter 4: Manias: "What Ardently We Wish, We Soon Believe" -- Chapter 5: Urban Legends: Living Folklore -- Chapter 6: Stampedes and Panics -- Chapter 7: Anxiety Hysteria: The Power of Sudden Fear -- Chapter 8: Classical Mass Hysteria: Psychological Gremlins -- Chapter 9: Immediate Community Threats: Defending the Homeland -- Chapter 10: Moral Panics: Imagining Our Worst Fears -- Chapter 11: Riots: The Breakdown of Social Order -- Chapter 12: Small-Group Panics: People Who Scared Themselves -- Chapter 13: Postscript: Lessons to Heed -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781633881235 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Collective behavior-History.<br/>Social psychology-History.<br/>Delusions-Social aspects-History.<br/>Fear-Social aspects-History.<br/>Mobs-Psychological aspects-History.<br/>Popular culture-Psychological aspects-History.<br/>HISTORY / Social History.-bisacsh.<br/>PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.-bisacsh.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.-bisacsh.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM866 .B378 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302/.13