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The culture of fear : why Americans are afraid of the wrong things / Barry Glassner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glassner, Barry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social problems--United States.
- Social problems.
- Social perception--United States.
- Social perception.
- Anxiety--United States.
- Anxiety.
- Fear--United States.
- Fear.
- United States--Social conditions.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 10th anniversary ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : BasicBooks ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Revised for the first time in ten years, an update of the classic book, with new material on the administration of George W. Bush and the use of fear in the war on terror.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION; INTRODUCTION: WHY AMERICANS FEAR THE WRONG THINGS; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; NOTES; READER DISCUSSION GUIDE; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612449420
- 9781282449428
- 1282449427
- 9780465004430
- 0465004431
- OCLC:
- 761236375
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