American hysteria
Subtitle: the untold story of mass political extremism in the United States
By: Andrew Burt
Publisher: LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781493003341
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Radicalism; Secret societies; Collective behavior; Anti-communist movements; Social conditions; Fear; History; Terrorism; Hysteria
Description: "The American story of blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, and cover-ups that have taken over national politics throughout our history when the mainstream has adopted extremist fear that secret networks--from the Illuminati and Freemasons to Communists and Muslim terrorists--have infiltrated society and threatened destruction from within"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining hysteria : what it is...and what it isn't; title: America's first time : Jedidiah Morse and the anti-Illuminati movement; title: The anti-Masons : the disappearance of William Morgan and the rise of third party politics; title: The Red Scare : A. Mitchell Palmer takes on the enemy within our gates; title: The dawning of McCarthyism : from communists to blacklists, one senator channels the fears of a nation; title: The United States after 9/11 : the American Right and the threat of Sharia law; title: The way forward : a practical guide to confronting political hysteria.