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American panic : a history of who scares us and why

Title: American panic : a history of who scares us and why / Mark Stein.
Author: Stein, Mark, 1951-
Publication: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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275 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"In American Panic, New York Times bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequences of American political panics through the years. Virtually every American, on one level or another, falls victim to the hype, intensity, and propaganda that accompanies political panic, regardless of their own personal affiliations. By highlighting the similarities between American political panics from the Salem witch hunt to present-day vehemence over issues such as Latino immigration, gay marriage, and the construction of mosques, Stein closely examines just what it is that causes us as a nation to overreact in the face of widespread and potentially profound change. This book also devotes chapters to African Americans, Native Americans, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Chinese and Japanese peoples, communists, capitalists, women, and a highly turbulent but largely forgotten panic over Freemasons. Striking similarities in these diverse episodes are revealed in primary documents Stein has unearthed, in which statements from the past could easily be mistaken for statements today. As these similarities come to light, Stein reveals why some people become panicked over particular issues when others do not"--

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.

Call Number

IAG 14-5369

ISBN

9781137279026
1137279028

LCCN

2013047097

OCLC

869919504

Author

Stein, Mark, 1951-

Title

American panic : a history of who scares us and why / Mark Stein.

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.

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IAG 14-5369

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