Rumors That Changed the World : a History of Violence and Discrimination.

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, communicatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chirovici, Eugen O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Mi 4500
001 ocn959881823
003 OCoLC
005 20240504213016.0
006 m o d
007 cr |n|---|||||
008 161001s2014 mdu o 000 0 eng d
040 |a EBLCP  |b eng  |e pn  |c EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d MERUC  |d ZCU  |d ICG  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d TKN  |d DKC  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
020 |a 9781498500845 
020 |a 1498500846 
035 |a (OCoLC)959881823 
050 4 |a D10.C475 2015 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a Chirovici, Eugen O. 
245 1 0 |a Rumors That Changed the World :  |b a History of Violence and Discrimination. 
260 |a Lanham, MD :  |b Lexington Books,  |c 2014. 
300 |a 1 online resource (193 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a Argument; Chapter One: The Number of the Beast; Chapter Two: The Bloody Road to Redemption; Chapter Three: Bankruptcy and the Stake; Chapter Four: Five Centuries of Rumors; Chapter Five: Violence and Fear; Chapter Six: A Rumor Brings a Kingdom to Ruin; Chapter Seven: When Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Enemy; Chapter Eight: Too Loud to Be True; Chapter Nine: Jack the Ripper; Chapter Ten: Cannons and Rumors; Chapter Eleven: The Night When They Attacked America; Chapter Twelve: The Death of Democracy Is Greeted with Applause; Chapter Thirteen: The Birth of a Mythology. 
505 8 |a Chapter Fourteen: The Dictator Who Didn't Have Gold TapsChapter Fifteen: Murderous Rumors; Chapter Sixteen: A New Witch Hunt; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 
520 |a 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. 
650 0 |a History  |x Errors, inventions, etc. 
650 0 |a Rumor  |x History. 
650 7 |a History  |x Errors, inventions, etc.  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Rumor  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
758 |i has work:  |a Rumors that changed the world (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGTtVJt3HGFT8F3xyfK36X  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Chirovici, Eugen O.  |t Rumors That Changed the World : A History of Violence and Discrimination.  |d Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2014  |z 9781498500838 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4694679  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD