| Author: | Robert Bartholomew | ISBN: | 9780752494708 |
| Publisher: | The History Press | Publication: | August 19, 2004 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Bartholomew |
| ISBN: | 9780752494708 |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication: | August 19, 2004 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
