A Colorful History of Popular Delusions |
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Author:
| Bartholomew, Robert E. Hassall, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-1-63388-122-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Prometheus Books, Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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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 creating a typology of such behavior, past and ......
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 creating a typology of such behavior, past and ......