Panic Attacks Panic Attacks

Panic Attacks

Robert Bartholomew
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Publisher Description

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 Tapei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the "mad gasser" of Mattoon, and more.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2004
August 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
The History Press
SELLER
Chicago Review Press, Inc. DBA Independent Publishers Group
SIZE
759.6
KB

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