A Colorful History of Popular Delusions

by Robert E. Bartholomew and Peter Hassall

Book Overview

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 present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633881229
• ISBN13: 9781633881228
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"