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Credulity : a cultural history of US mesmerism / Emily Ogden.

LIBRA BF1125 .O33 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ogden, Emily, author.
Series:
Class 200, new studies in religion
Class 200: New Studies In Religion
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mesmerism--United States--History--19th century.
Mesmerism.
Credulity--United States--History--19th century.
Credulity.
History.
United States.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 267 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Contents:
Out on credulity! An introduction
It does not exist: animal magnetism before it was true
Beyond radical enchantment: mesmerizing laborers in the Americas
In imagination: traveling clairvoyance and the suspension of disbelief
Out of character: phrenomesmerism and the secular agent
The spirit of Benjamin Franklin
Coda: bagging the idol.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780226532165
022653216X
9780226532332
022653233X
OCLC:
1001363980

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