Panic Attacks Robert E. Bartholomew

Name: Panic Attacks By Robert E. Bartholomew
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Panic attacks

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Panic Attacks: Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion by Robert E. Bartholomew

Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria, this title discusses America's kissing bug scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco of 1954; the phantom slasher of Taipei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the mad gasser of Mattoon, and more.

About Robert E. Bartholomew

Robert E. Bartholomew is a sociologist at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. His previous books include UFO's & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery, Hoaxes, Myths and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking and Mass Hysteria: A Social History of the Strange. Hilary Evans, director of the Mary Evans Picture Library, is a member of the Society for Psychical Research.

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Sku

GOR003745432

ISBN 13

9780750937856

ISBN 10

0750937858

Title

Panic Attacks: Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion by Robert E. Bartholomew

Author

Robert E. Bartholomew

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

The History Press Ltd

Year published

20040819

Number of pages

256

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