Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566

by Bob Rickard and Robert E. Bartholomew

This book comprehensively surveys the colorful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, documenting outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares, to modern incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and mystery illnesses. Strange behaviors and illnesses in students are examined through the centuries. Possessed children went into trance states and began to bark like dogs in 16th and 17th century Holland;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478888
• ISBN13: 9780786478880
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher