Format:
1 Online-Ressource (193 pages)
ISBN:
9781498500845
Content:
Rumors that Changed the World explores the social and cultural impact of rumor from Antiquity to the mid-1990s, examining it as one of the most important contributing factors to violence and discrimination. The book is aimed at a wide range of scholars interested in history, psychology, communication, sociology, anthropology, and politics
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Argument -- Chapter One: The Number of the Beast -- Chapter Two: The Bloody Road to Redemption -- Chapter Three: Bankruptcy and the Stake -- Chapter Four: Five Centuries of Rumors -- Chapter Five: Violence and Fear -- Chapter Six: A Rumor Brings a Kingdom to Ruin -- Chapter Seven: When Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Enemy -- Chapter Eight: Too Loud to Be True -- Chapter Nine: Jack the Ripper -- Chapter Ten: Cannons and Rumors -- Chapter Eleven: The Night When They Attacked America -- Chapter Twelve: The Death of Democracy Is Greeted with Applause -- Chapter Thirteen: The Birth of a Mythology -- Chapter Fourteen: The Dictator Who Didn't Have Gold Taps -- Chapter Fifteen: Murderous Rumors -- Chapter Sixteen: A New Witch Hunt -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781498500838
Additional Edition:
Print version Chirovici, Eugen O Rumors That Changed the World : A History of Violence and Discrimination Lanham, MD : Lexington Books,c2014 ISBN 9781498500838
Language:
English
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