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A Colorful History of Popular Delusions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781633881235
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Colorful History of Popular DelusionsDDC classification:
  • 302/.13
LOC classification:
  • HM866 .B378 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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