A Colorful History of Popular Delusions.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781633881235
- Collective behavior-History
- Social psychology-History
- Delusions-Social aspects-History
- Fear-Social aspects-History
- Mobs-Psychological aspects-History
- Popular culture-Psychological aspects-History
- HISTORY / Social History.-bisacsh
- PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.-bisacsh
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.-bisacsh
- 302/.13
- HM866 .B378 2015
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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