Eugen O. Chirovici

Rumors That Changed the World

A History of Violence and Discrimination

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Produktbeschreibung

Rumors that Changed the World explores the social and cultural impact of rumor from Antiquity to the mid-1990s, examining it as one of the most important contributing factors to violence and discrimination. The book is aimed at a wide range of scholars interested in history, psychology, communication, sociology, anthropology, and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781498500838
• ISBN-10: 1498500838
• Artikelnr.: 41482248

Autorenporträt

By Eugen O. Chirovici

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Argument 1.The Number of the Beast: Nero Did Not Play the Lyre
While Rome Burned 2.The Bloody Road to Redemption: The Paupers' Crusade
3.Bankruptcy and the Stake: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ 4.Five
Centuries of Rumors: The Witch Hunts 5.Violence and Fear: The St.
Bartholomew's Day Massacre 6.A Rumor Brings a Kingdom to Ruin: The
Mississippi Bubble 7.When Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Enemy: The Affair of
the Necklace 8.Too Loud To Be True: The California Gold Rush 9.Jack the
Ripper: A Real Person or Just a Bunch of Rumors? 10.Cannons and Rumors: The
Curious Case of Noel Pemberton Billing 11.Hearing is not Believing: The
Night When 'They' Attacked America 12.When Death of a Democracy is Greeted
with Applause: The Reichstag Fire  13.  The Birth of a Mythology: The
Roswell Incident  14.  The Dictator Who Didn't Have Gold Taps: The End of
Communism in Eastern Europe  15.  Murderous Rumors: The Rwanda Genocide
 16.  A New Witch Hunt: The Satanic Ritual Abuse  Afterword Bibliography