The Resource American panic : a history of who scares us and why, Mark Stein
American panic : a history of who scares us and why, Mark Stein
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137279026
- Label
- American panic : a history of who scares us and why
- Title
- American panic
- Title remainder
- a history of who scares us and why
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Stein
- Subject
-
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Moral panics -- United States -- History
- National characteristics, American -- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- Panic -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Fear -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Social change -- United States -- Psychological aspects | History
- United States -- Ethnic relations
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Social conditions
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stein, Mark
- Dewey number
- 306.20973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Panic
- Fear
- Moral panics
- National characteristics, American
- Political culture
- Social change
- United States
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- Label
- American panic : a history of who scares us and why, Mark Stein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index
- Control code
- BK0013899168
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137279026
- Lccn
- 2013047097
- Label
- American panic : a history of who scares us and why, Mark Stein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index
- Control code
- BK0013899168
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137279026
- Lccn
- 2013047097
Subject
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Moral panics -- United States -- History
- National characteristics, American -- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
- Panic -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Fear -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Social change -- United States -- Psychological aspects | History
- United States -- Ethnic relations
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Social conditions
- Political culture -- United States -- History
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