Peter N. Stearns

Broschiertes Buch

American Fear

The Causes and Consequences of High Anxiety

Beschreibung

Americans have become excessively fearful, and manipulation through fear has become a significant problem in American society, with real impact on policy. By using data from 9/11, this book makes a distinctive contribution to the exploration of recent fear, but also by developing a historical perspective, the book shows how and why distinctive American fears have emerged over the past several decades.

Autor

Peter N. Stearns

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RT55416
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780415955423
• ISBN-10: 0415955424
• Artikelnr.: 20891553

Rezensionen

Peter N. Stearns, the pioneering historian of emotions, has written a timely book that historicizes the 9/11 climate of fear in the United States. In American Fear, Stearns argues taht "we have come, as a nation, to fear excessively," and he seeks to explain why this is so.

The Journal of American History