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18 produkter
Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics
A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion
Häftad, 2001
502 kr
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"For a two week period in 1956, residents in the vicinity of Taipei, Taiwan, lived in fear that they would be the next victims of a crazed villain who was prowling the streets and slashing people at random with a razor or similar weapon. At least 21 victims were reported during this period, mostly …
Martians Have Landed!
A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Benjamin Radford
Häftad, 2011
362 kr
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History is replete with examples of media-created scares and panics. This book presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th century to the 21st century, including hoaxes perpetrated via newspapers, radio, television and cyberspace. From the 1835 batmen on the Moon hoax to …
Mass Hysteria in Schools
A Worldwide History Since 1566
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Bob Rickard
Häftad, 2014
363 kr
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This book comprehensively surveys the colorful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, documenting outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares, to modern incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and mystery illnesses.Strange behaviors and …
Bigfoot Encounters in New York & New england
Documented Evidence, Stranger than Fiction
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Paul B. Bartholomew m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
381 kr
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American Hauntings
The True Stories behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies—from The Exorcist to The Conjuring
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Joe Nickell
Inbunden, 2015
645 kr
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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs.Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, American Hauntings objectively …
American Hauntings
The True Stories Behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies—from the Exorcist to the Conjuring
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Joe Nickell
E-bok, 2015
702 kr
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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs. Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, American Hauntings objectively …
UFOs & Alien Contact
Two Centuries of Mystery
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, George S. Howard
Inbunden, 1998
404 kr
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The power of imagination, group psychology, and the concept of 'fantasy prone personalities', are explored by Bartholomew and Howard as they probe the history of how UFO stories are spread. Included are detailed descriptions of the United States airship flap of 1896-97; the imaginary sightings of …
Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias
Why We Need Critical Thinking
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Benjamin Radford
Häftad, 2003
292 kr
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Thinking is an innate ability that most people take for granted. But like writing well or speaking effectively before the public, thinking well is a skill that can be learned and improved with practice. In this unique introduction to critical thinking, Robert Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford first …
Colorful History of Popular Delusions
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Peter Hassall
Häftad, 2015
267 kr
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This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By …
Outbreak!
The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior
Av Hilary Evans, Robert E. Bartholomew
Häftad, 2009
479 kr
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Havana Syndrome
Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria
Av Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew
Häftad, 2020
367 kr
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It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. …
Havana Syndrome
Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Robert W. Baloh
E-bok, 2020
488 kr
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It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. …
Social Panics & Phantom Attackers
A Study of Imaginary Assailants
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Paul Weatherhead
Häftad, 2024
375 kr
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This book provides an accessible overview of one particular type of social panic: that of the phantom attacker. Such panics are characterised by outbreaks of sensational claims of attacks by mysterious figures that seem to emerge from nowhere, attack their innocent human and animal victims, only to …
Social Panics & Phantom Attackers
A Study of Imaginary Assailants
Av Paul Weatherhead, Robert E. Bartholomew
E-bok, 2024
538 kr
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This book provides an accessible overview of one particular type of social panic: that of the phantom attacker. Such panics are characterised by outbreaks of sensational claims of attacks by mysterious figures that seem to emerge from nowhere, attack their innocent human and animal victims, only to …
Havana Syndrome
Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Robert W. Baloh
Ljudbok, 2021
298 kr
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A scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness. The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks. It is …
American Hauntings
The True Stories Behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies—from the Exorcist to the Conjuring
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Joe Nickell
E-bok, 2015
679 kr
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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs. Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, American Hauntings objectively …
Untold Story of Champ
A Social History of America's Loch Ness Monster
Häftad, 2012
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362 kr
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The definitive account of a Lake Champlain legend."The lake surface was glass. My girlfriend and I were fishing from our anchored rowboat in about fifteen feet of water, facing the New York shore. 'Ron, what's that?' I turned. About thirty feet away I saw three dark humps … protruding about two …
American Intolerance
Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants
Av Robert E. Bartholomew, Anja Reumcheussel
Inbunden, 2018
270 kr
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Contrary to popular belief, the poor and huddled masses were never welcome in America. Though the engraving on the base of the Statue of Liberty makes that claim, history reveals a far less-welcoming message. This comprehensive survey of cultural and racial exclusion in the United States examines …
