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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Basic Books, c1999.Description: xxviii, 281 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0465014909 (pbk.) :
  • 9780465014903 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.17/0973
LOC classification:
  • HM 251 G549c 1999
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 251 G549c 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000085178

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.

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