The Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic

by Hadley Cantril

Book Overview

On Halloween night 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation of the H. G. Wells fantasy, The War of the Worlds. What listeners heard sounded so realistic that at least a million were frightened by word that "strange creatures" from Mars had landed in central New Jersey and were "unleashing a deadly assault." Several thousand were so terrified they ran into the streets, drove away in their cars, or called the police for information about how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412804701
• ISBN13: 9781412804707
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"