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Author:

Glassner, Barry.

Title:

The culture of fear : why Americans are afraid of the wrong things / Barry Glassner.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xxviii, 276 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Social perception--United States.
Social problems--United States.
Anxiety--United States.
Fear--United States.
Social psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-257) and index.

Contents:

Dubious dangers on roadways and campuses : how fears are sold -- Crime in the news : tall tales and overstated statistics -- Youth at risk : faulty diagnoses and callous cures -- Monster moms : on the art of misdirection -- Black men : how to perpetuate prejudice without really trying -- "Smack is back" : when presidents and the press collude, the scares never stop -- Metaphoric illnesses : how not to criticize the establishment -- Plane wrecks : small danger, big scare -- Final thoughts : the Martians aren't coming.

ISBN:

9780465014903 (pbk.) :
0465014909 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44575449

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)