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Subject(s)

• History—Errors, inventions, etc [Browse]
• Rumor—History [Browse]

Summary note

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.-- Provided by Publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

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

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ISBN

• 9781498500838 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1498500838 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014037485

OCLC

890625170

RCP

H - S

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