Culture of Fear Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, and So Much More

Name: Culture of Fear Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, and So Much More
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ISBN: 9780465003365

ISBN-10: 0465003362

ISBN-13: 9780465003365

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Barry Glassner

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Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 1/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition


Introduction: Why Americans Fear the Wrong Things



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



ï¿½Smack Is Backï¿½: 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



New Fears for a New Century: And Some Old Ones Updated


Notes


Reader Discussion Guide


Index